6th Grade- Chapter 4 Test Review

When you increase the _____ of a cup of hot cocoa, you increase the average kinetic energy of the particles that make up the hot cocoa.

• thermperature

• thermal energy

• heat

• specific heat

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The increase in volume of a material when heated is _____.

• thermal contraction

• specific heat

• radiation

• thermal expansion

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A(n) _____ is used to control the temperature in a room.

• radiation

• heat

• thermostat

• refrigerator

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Thermal energy is transferred by _____ between two objects that are touching.

• radiation

• conduction

• convection

• thermal energy

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A fluid moving in a circular pattern because of changes in density is a _____.

• convection current

• radiation

• convection

• conduction

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Which would decrease a material's thermal energy?

• heating the material

• increasing the kinetic energy of the particles that make up the material

• increasing the temperature of the material

• moving the material to a location where the temperature is lower

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You put a metal spoon in a bowl of hot soup. Why does the spoon feel hotter than the outside of the bowl?

• The bowl is a better conductor than the spoon.

• The bowl has a lower specific heat than the spoon.

• The spoon is a good thermal insulator.

• The spoon transfers thermal energy better than the bowl does.

In the picture to, thermal energy moves from the

• glass to the air

• lemonade to the air

• ice to the lemonade

• air to the lemonade

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Which has the lowest specific heat?

• an object that is made out of metal

• an object that does not transfer thermal energy easily

• an object with electrons that do not move easily

• an object that requires a lot of energy to change its temperature

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Which does NOT occur in an internal combustion engine?

• Most of the thermal energy is wasted.

• Thermal energy forces the piston downward. Thermal energy is converted into tchemical energy.

• Thermal energy is converted into mechanical energy.

• Thermal energy is converted into tchemical energy.

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