HMH Energy I 2.2 Temperature and Heat

The measure of average kinetic energy of all the particles within an object is called ____________. 

• temperature
• conduction
• radiation
• heat 

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

True/False: when two substances reach the same temperature they are in thermal equilibrium.

• True
• False

A(n) _____________ is a device for measuring temperature.

• thermometer
• barometer
• anemometer
• psychrometer 

Temperature is a measure of the...

• total energy in a substance
• total kinetic energy in a substance
• average potential energy in a substance
• average kinetic energy of molecules in a substance

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NGSS.MS-PS3-5

What happens to particles as they cool down?

• They slow down
• Nothing
• They don't move
• They speed up

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

As the kinetic energy of the molecules in a substance increases, the temperature of the substance __________.

• increases
• decreases

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

heat always travels from _____ to ______ objects

• hot to cold
• cold to hot
• cold to cold
• hot to hot

The transfer of thermal energy between objects of different temperatures is called...

• temperature
• heat
• internal energy
• none of these

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NGSS.MS-PS3-3

Warm air rises and the cool air sinks demonstrates this type of heat transfer. 

• conduction
• convection
• radiation
• Insolation 

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Heat transfer by conduction occurs when...

• particles bump into each other
• large numbers of atoms move from place to place
• atoms give off heat in the form of electromagnetic waves
• electromagnetic waves travel from place to place through a vacuum