Thermal Energy Quiz

If you heat chocolate milk, what will happen to the particles?

• They will move slower and have greater kinetic energy

• They will move slower and have less kinetic energy

• They will move faster and have greater kinetic energy

• They will move faster and have less kinetic energy

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Which contains the most thermal energy?

• 0.1 liter mug of hot cocoa at 75 degrees C

• 0.2 liter mug of hot cocoa at 75 degrees C

• 0.5 liter mug of hot cocoa at 75 degrees C

• 1 liter pot of hot cocoa at 75 degrees C

Metals such as copper, silver, and gold are

• Good conductors

• Good insulators

• Both a and b

• None of the above

A material that minimizes thermal energy transfer is called:

• conductor

• insulator

• both a and b

• none of the above

In which state of matter do particles move the slowest?

• Solid

• Liquid

• Gas

The movement of thermal energy from a warmer object to a cooler object is called

• heat.
• temperature.
• motion.
• momentum.

A measure of the average kinetic energy of the individual particles in an object is called

• thermal energy.
• conduction
• convection
• temperature

The more particles an object has at a given temperature, the more Thermal Energy it has!

• True

• False.

Energy from the sun is transferred to Earth by the process of ____________________.

• Convection
• Conduction
• Radiation
• Thermal expansion

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Heat transfers from an area of ____temperature to an area of ___ temperature.

• high to low
• low to high
• high to high
• It can travel high to low and low to high. 

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