Heat Concepts

You heat a pot of water to make tea.  What happens to the particles?

• The kinetic energy of the particles decreases
• The kinetic energy of the particles stays the same
• The kinetic energy of the particles increases
• The potential energy of the particles decreases

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Energy moves from ...

• Cold to Hot
• Hot to Cold

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An open pot of water is heated on the stove. As water boils, the molecules 

• move slower and closer together 
• move faster and farther apart   
• get larger 
• get smaller 

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The SI unit for measuring heat is the 

• pascal
• newton
• Joule
• calorie

When an ice cube melts in your hand...

• Thermal energy is transferred from the ice cube to your hand.
• Thermal energy is transferred from your hand to the ice cube.

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Which state(s) of matter can transfer energy by convection?

• Solids
• Liquids
• Gases
• Liquids and Gases

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Energy that does NOT need a medium to transfer heat is called...

• Radiation
• Conduction
• Convection
• Reflection

What is a conductor?

• Something that does NOT absorb heat very well.
• Something that absorbs heat.

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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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__________ is the energy that an object or particles have because they are moving

• thermal energy

• potential energy

• kinetic energy

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