Thermal Energy Review - OpenSciEd

What feature of cup is specifically helping keep the coffee cold?

• It is plastic.

• It is clear.

• It is double-walled.

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What is the difference between temperature and thermal energy?

• Thermal Energy=Average Kinetic Energy
  Temperature=Total Kinetic Energy
• Thermal Energy=Total Kinetic Energy
  Temperature=Average Kinetic Energy

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Heat transfer always goes from-

• Cold to Hot
• Hot to Cold
• Heat doesn't transfer
• Freezing to Cold

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You're holding hands with your best friend.  Your friend's hands are REALLY warm and yours are really cold.  After a few minutes, this has changed.  How might you explain what happened?

• The cold energy from your hand transferred to your friend's hand through conduction.
• The heat energy from your friend's hand transferred to your hand through conduction. 
• The cold energy from your hand transferred to your friend's hand through convection.
• The heat energy from your friend's hand transferred to your hand through convection.

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If Ms. Klepper goes camping and puts her cans of Coke, which are 75°F, in the river, which is 55°F, what will eventually happen to her Cokes?

• Her cans of Coke will stay the same temperature (75°F).

• Her cans of Coke will get warmer, because it's so hot outside.

• He cans of Coke will freeze because the water is so cold.

• Her cans of Coke will eventually become the same temperature as the water (55°F).

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Which of the images shows the molecules in a solid?

• A

• B

• C

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Thermal energy transfers heat from –

• Warm objects to cool objects

• Large objects to small objects

• Cool objects to warm objects

• Less dense objects to more dense objects

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Four steel blocks were heated to different temperatures and stacked together as shown in the diagram below. Heat energy will move in all of the following directions EXCEPT –

• From #4 to #1

• From #3 to #2

• From #2 to #4

• From #2 to #3

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Four insulating containers were filled with warm water. Twenty minutes later the temperature was recorded again. Which container is the best insulator?

• Container S

• Container R

• Container Q

• Container P

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A chef leaves a copper spoon, a wooden spoon, and a steel spoon in a pot of boiling soup for several minutes. Which spoon should the chef grab with his bare hand to stir the soup?

• The copper spoon

• The steel spoon

• The wooden spoon

• The three spoons will be equally hot

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