Final Heat and Thermal Energy Review

Which item do you think has the most thermal energy?

• a cup of hot tea

• a lit match

• an enormous iceberg in the Arctic

• a bowl of hot soup

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

When a child's ice cream in a cone melts on a hot summer day, how is heat being transferred?

• heat moves from the ice cream to the hot air

• heat moves from the hot air to the ice cream

• the hot air gets even hotter because of the heat transfer

• no heat is transferred at all

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NGSS.HS-PS3-4

A glass of water is put into a freezer. What happens to the molecules of the water?

• The movement of the molecules speeds up.

• The movement of the molecules slows down.

• The movement of the molecules doesn't change at all.

• The molecules stop moving completely.

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

When the movement of the molecules slows down in a glass of water in the freezer, what happens to the temperature of that water?

• The temperature doesn't change at all.

• The temperature increases.

• The temperature decreases.

• The temperature rises and falls over and over rapidly.

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

At a water park, there is a kiddie pool (with 500 gallons of water) and a wave pool (with 550,000 gallons of water). The water in both areas is 74^oF. Which choice is true?

• Both pools have equal amounts of heat energy.

• Neither pool contains any heat energy.

• The kiddie pool has more heat energy.

• The wave pool has more heat energy.

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

If you put a leftover bowl of soup from the fridge into a microwave and heat the soup for 1 minute, which choice below is true?

• The molecules of the soup slow down and the temperature increases.

• The molecules of the soup slow down and the temperature decreases.

• The molecules of the soup speed up and the temperature increases.

• The molecules of the soup speed up and the temperature decreases.

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

If your family is grilling outside and the temp. is 67^oF, which of the following items will have their molecules slow down if they are left sitting out at that air temperature? (Choose 2.)

• a glass of cold pop

• a fully cooked burger that just came off of the grill

• a boiling hot bowl of soup

• a popsicle

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Which item do you think has the least thermal energy?

• all the water of the Arctic Ocean

• a wildfire that covers 2,000 acres of land

• a grande (medium) cup of hot Starbucks coffee

• all the water in the Aquaventure Waterpark swimming pool

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

If you are cooking in the kitchen and the temp. in the room is 72^oF, which of the following items will have their molecules start to speed up if they are left sitting out at that air temperature? (Choose 2.)

• a tray of ice cubes that just came from the freezer

• french fries that just came out of the oven set to 350^oF

• a cup of hot tea that you just heated up in the microwave

• a frozen pizza that you just took out of the freezer

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

A frozen piece of chocolate is taken out of a freezer. What begins to happen to the molecules of the chocolate?

• The movement of the molecules speeds up.

• The movement of the molecules slows down.

• The movement of the molecules doesn't change at all.

• The molecules stop moving completely.

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4