8th Grade 8.3

Multiple Choice

A material with a ____ specific heat can absorb a great deal of thermal energy without a great change in temperature.

• low

• high

• decreasing

• increasing

Multiple Choice

As the thermal energy of matter _____, its particles usually spread out.

• increases

• decreases

• stabilizes

Multiple Choice

If two objects of the same size require different amounts of heat to raise their temperatures 10 kelvin, the objects have different

• specific heats

• temperatures

• insulating factors

Multiple Choice

To keep food warm or cool, coolers are made out of materials that are

• conductors

• insulators

• metals

Multiple Choice

Specific heat is measured in joules.

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

The amount of energy required to raise 1 kg of material by 1 kelvin is called thermal energy.

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

Most metals are good conductors of heat.

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

On a hot summer day, a metal door in a wood frame may stick and be hard to open due to specific heat.

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

Insulators do not conduct heat well.

• true

• false