Heat and Temperature

What is temperature?

• Thermal energy moving from a warmer object to a cooler one.

• A measure of the average kinetic energy of the individual particles of a substance.

• Total energy of all the particles.

• Transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves.

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What is heat?

• Thermal energy moving from a warmer object to a cooler one.

• A measure of the average kinetic energy of the individual particles of a substance.

• Total energy of all the particles.

• Transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves.

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What is thermal energy?

• Thermal energy moving from a warmer object to a cooler one.

• A measure of the average kinetic energy of the individual particles of a substance.

• Total energy of all the particles.

• Transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves.

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What is absolute zero?

• the temperature that water freezes

• temperature at which there is no energy, no motion

• temperature that you are very sure of and measured right

• the highest possible temperature

The sun shines down on this family as the play on the beach.

• conduction
• convection
• radiation

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The Gulf Stream is a current that brings warm ocean water from the south to the north.

• conduction
• convection
• radiation

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Walking on the warm sand sand with your bare feet.

• conduction
• convection
• radiation

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Which direction will the heat flow while this person holds a hot cup of tea?

• from the cup to her hand
• from her hand to the cup
• no heat is transferred

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Warm air rises and the cool air sinks.

• conduction
• convection
• radiation

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The warm air from this heater creates a current when the warm air rises and the cold air sinks.

• conduction
• convection
• radiation

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