Thermal Energy/Specific Heat Summative Quiz

Temperature is the amount of ________ energy available for work in a system. This relates to the average ______ energy of the molecules in the system.

(a)  

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The flow of thermal energy goes from a ________ substance to a _________ substance.

(a)  

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What happens to particles, within a substance, when they cool down?

• they stay the same

• they slow down

• they speed up

• none of the above

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What happens when collisions happen between cold and warmer bodies?

• they reach equilibrium

• they bounce off one another with no reaction

• a lot of excess force

• none of the above

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A high specific heat means...

• It heats up quickly with energy added
• It requires more energy to change temperature

You have a 10 gram piece of granite and a 10 gram piece of lead sitting in the sun. Which metal will warm by 10 degrees first? How do you know?

Using what you know about specific heat, explain why one block melted the ice and the other did not.

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What 2 things help the flow of heat change the temperature of a system?

• warm and cold substances

• units and heat capacity

• energy and time

• mass and specific heat

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What is the equation for specific heat?

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The specific heat is the amount of energy needed to raise the temperature one degree Celsius of 1 gram of a substance.

• True
• False

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