2019 Thermal Energy Review

The total energy, including kinetic and potential energy, of the particles that make up material; it is transferred by conduction, convection, and radiation.

• insulator

• thermal energy

• convection

• specific heat

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

A substance with a high kinetic energy is

• warm and fast moving particles

• warm and slow moving particles

• cold and fast moving particles

• cold and slow moving particles

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Which has a greater thermal energy, a cup of 50^oC water, or a bathtub of 50^oC water?

• the cup and bathtub are equal, because both have the same temperature

• the bathtub because it has more mass, even though the temperature is the same

• the cup because it has less mass, even though the temperature is the same

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Water boils at 100 on the ____ temperature scale.

• Fahrenheit

• molecular

• Celsius

• Kelvin

Which of the following would contain particles with the greatest average kinetic energy?

• snowball held in your gloved hand

• ice on a pond

• cup of hot chocolate

• water vapor from your breath on a freezing night

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

You receive the following text: Having a gr8 time. It is 85 here, and swimming every day. L8r. Which of the following is true about the number 85?

• She is referring to the heat, measured in Fahrenheit

• She is referring to the heat, measured in Celsius

• She is referring to the temperature, measured in Celsius

• She is referring to the temperature, measured in Fahrenheit

In which direction does heat always flow?

• from cold to hot

• from left to right

• from hot to cold

• from light to dark

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Heat is transferred by ____ when objects touch.

• conduction

• radiation

• thermoduction

• convection

Which of the following conducts heat most effectively?

• gas

• solid

• plasma

• liquid

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Which method is the transfer of the thermal energy in a fluid by the movement of warmer and cooler fluid from place to place?

• convection

• heat

• insulator

• radiation