thermal energy high school

What is the definition of CONVECTION

• When heat transfers through waves.
• When heat transfers from objects that are touching.
• a  hot liquid or air that  expands, becomes less dense, and rises or becomes more dense, and sinks.
• Heat traveling from the sun

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The heat from a hot burner to a pot is transferred by ______.

• convection
• insulation
• radiation
• conduction

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

• conduction
• convection
• radiation
• Insolation 

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Poor conductors like wood and plastic are called:

• conductors
• insulators
• burners

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

• thermal
• friction
• temperature
• expansion

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The movement of thermal energy from an object at a higher temperature to an object at a lower temperature is called ____________.

• thermal
• expansion
• temperature
• heat

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The total kinetic and periodic energy of tiny particles that make up matter is

• solar energy

• mechanical energy

• thermal energy

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_________ is the amount of energy required to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of a substance by 1 kelvin.

• thermal energy
• specific heat
• thermostat
• temperature

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Thermal energy and temperature are the same.

• True
• False

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The higher the specific heat, the more energy it takes to increase a substance temperature.

• True

• False