Ch 5, Section 2 Quiz

How does heat transfer when you hold an ice cube in your hand?

• from the cold ice cube to your warm hand

• the cold ice cube makes your hand cold

• from your warm hand to the cold ice cube

• very carefully

The temperature of a substance increases as___.

• the substance expands
• the average kinetic energy of its particles increases
• the substance's volume increases
• the substance's mass increases

Which of the following is NOT a common state of matter?

• solid
• liquid
• gas
• superfluid

What does the average kinetic energy of an object's particles tell you?

• how hot the object is
• how cold the object is
• the temperature of the object 
• how fast the particles are moving

In which state do particles move fastest and with little effect on each other?

• ice
• gas
• liquid
• solid

A measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in an object

• temperature
• absolute zero
• thermal expansion
• none of these are the answer

The energy transferred between object's at different temperatures

• heat
• thermal energy
• radiation
• convection

What happens to particles of a substance as its temperature increases?

• the average kinetic energy increases
• the average kinetic energy decreases
• the average kinetic energy stays the same
• nothing happens

When you touch something that feels cold, 

• heat from your hand moves into the cold substance.
• coldness moves from the cold substance into your hand.
• it melts.
• it freezes.

Why does a diver wear a wet suit?

• To keep in thermal energy.
• To keep from getting cuts.
• To keep from sinking.
• To keep out cold.