Thermal Energy Conductivity

Which of the following is a factor that determines thermal energy?

• Mass

• Heat

• Transfer of thermal energy

• Conduction

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If a substance has many particles and we want to increase the kinetic energy of it, then what will it need more of from the surroundings?

• Mass

• Volume

• Energy

• Conduction

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As the mass decreases, what will the change in temperature do for the same energy output?

• Decrease

• Increase

• Stay the same

• Not determinable from the information given.

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What is mass?

• A measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles of a substance

• A measure of the space a substance occupies

• A measure of the amount of matter in a substance

• A measure of the amount of total kinetic energy in all the particles

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What is thermal conductivity?

• The rate at which particles move in a substance

• The ability of a substance to have a large thermal energy

• A factor that determines the amount of thermal energy of a substance

• The rate at which a substance transfers heat

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Changing the temperature of a substance with a low specific heat will not take much

• Convection

• Energy

• Conductivity

• Mass

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Specific heat is

• The amount of thermal energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 kg of a substance by 1 degree celsius

• The amount of kinetic energy needed to raise the temperature of 4 kg of a substance by 3 degrees Fahrenheit

• The amount of heat required to raise 10 mg of a substance by 40 degrees celsius

• The amount of temperature to raise 1 kg of a substance by 1 degree Kelvin

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If a substance needed a lot of energy to raise the temperature by 1 degree Celsius, its specific heat is

• Non-existant

• Low

• Undeterminable

• High

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What is a conductor?

• A material in which kinetic energy transfers easily

• A material in which kinetic energy does not transfer easily

• A material in which mass is transferred easily

• A material in which mass is not transferred easily

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Materials are classified into two groups based on their specific heats: (Select all that apply!!)

• Conductors

• Insulators

• Regulators

• Convection

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