Chapter 6 Thermal Energy

A material that reduces the flow of heat by conduction, convection, and radiation is ____. 

• a conductor 
•  an insulator
• a solar collector
• condensation

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A device that converts thermal energy into mechanical energy is a ____. 

• heat mover
• refrigerator
• heat engine
• conductor

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Through which of the following will convection most likely occur? 

• liquids and gases
• solids and liquids 
• solids
•  solids and gases

Energy from the Sun travels to Earth as ____. 

• mechanical energy
• combustion
• radiant energy 
• chemical energy

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Liquids and gases are different from solids because they _____.

• conduct
• insulate
• flow
• have thermal energy

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Specific heat is the amount of _____required to raise the temperature of 1 kg of a material 1 K

• thermal energy
• mechanical energy
• electrical energy
• energy

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Temperature is a measure of the average ____________________ of each particle within an object.

• kinetic energy

• state

• heat

• conduction

Which of these is NOT a way of transferring heat?

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

• insulation

___________ is the total energy of all the particles in a substance.

• Kinetic energy

• Chemical energy

• Thermal energy

• Potential energy

The circular movement when heated fluid rises and is replaced by a cooler fluid is called a(n) ___________ current.

• condensation

• convection

• conduction

• electromagnetic