Energy and States of Matter-Vocab

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The energy an object has due to its motion is...

• kinetic energy

• thermal energy

• potential energy

• temperature

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The measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in a material is...

• atom

• element

• temperature

• compound

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The stored energy due to the interactions between particles or objects is...

• thermal energy

• potential energy

• kinetic energy

• temperature

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The result of the motion of all the particles, and the distance and attractions between those particles in the system, is known as...

• thermal energy

• potential energy

• kinetic energy

• temperature

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A small particle that is the building block of matter is...

• substance

• element

• temperature

• atom

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A matter with a composition that is always the same is...

• temperature

• substance

• element

• atom

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A substance made of only one type of atom is...

• thermal energy

• atom

• temperature

• element

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When atoms of two or more different elements are bonded together, they form a...

• atom

• element

• compound

• temperature

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A group of chemical symbols and numbers that represent the elements and the number of atoms of each element that make up a compound is...

• thermal energy

• chemical formula

• element

• kinetic energy