IGCSE - Thermal physics Multiple Choice

True or false: Heat moves from the cooler object to a warmer object

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

If two objects have different temperatures, heat will flow from the warmer object to the cooler one UNTIL ____________

• one reaches a temperature of zero
• they both have an equal temperature
• one runs out of energy

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NGSS.HS-PS3-4

All atoms are vibrating, hot atoms have more energy. When hot atoms bump into cold atoms they transfer energy.

• True
• False

Heat always transfers from hot to cold. 

• True
• False

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NGSS.HS-PS3-4

The transfer of thermal energy between objects of different temperatures is called...

• temperature
• heat
• internal energy
• none of these

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NGSS.HS-PS3-4

True/False: when two substances reach the same temperature they are in thermal equilibrium.

• True
• False

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NGSS.HS-PS3-4

Temperature is a measure of the...

• total energy in a substance
• total kinetic energy in a substance
• average potential energy in a substance
• average kinetic energy of molecules in a substance

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Freezing occurs when matter changes from a...

• gas to a solid
• solid to a gas
• liquid to a gas
• liquid to a solid

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

High temperature is connected to:

• Low kinetic energy.
• High kinetic energy.
• Zero net energy.
• Equal kinetic energies.

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

What letter represents heat?

• S
• C
• T
• Q

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NGSS.HS-PS3-4