Energy and Temperature

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

• increases
• decreases

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The transfer of energy caused by the collision of molecules is called ___________.

• convection
• conduction
• radiation

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

• temperature
• conduction
• radiation
• heat 

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

• thermometer
• barometer
• anemometer
• psychrometer 

This picture is an example of:

• the particles in a solid
• the particles in a liquid
• the particles in a gas
• the particles in plasma

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Heat transfers from an area of ____temperature to an area of ___ temperature.

• high to low
• low to high
• high to high
• It can travel high to low and low to high. 

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Heat transfer always goes from-

• Cold to Hot
• Hot to Cold
• Heat doesn't transfer
• Freezing to Cold

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What happens to particles as they heat up?

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

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4. Energy will always flow or move from...

• An area of low temperature to an area of high temperature
• An area of high temperature to an area of low temperature
• atoms to molecules

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Explain why a balloon expands when the air inside it is heated.

• Heat increases kinetic energy, which causes the volume of the air to expand

• Heat decreases the kinetic energy, and the volume of the air contracts

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