Thermal Energy Test Review

What is energy of motion known as?

• energy

• potential energy

• kinetic energy

• thermal energy

• heat

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The total kinetic energy of the tiny particles that make up matter is called _______________________.

• energy

• potential energy

• kinetic energy

• thermal energy

• heat

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What is the transfer of thermal energy from one place to another called?

• energy

• potential energy

• kinetic energy

• thermal energy

• heat

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The ability to do work or the ability to cause changes to a system is known as ________________.

• energy

• potential energy

• kinetic energy

• thermal energy

• heat

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What is stored energy?

• energy

• potential energy

• kinetic energy

• thermal energy

• heat

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Heat transfer that occurs in solids, liquids, or gases when two substances of different temperatures touch

• thermal energy

• heat

• convection

• conduction

• radiation

Heat transfer by the movement of electromagnetic waves

• thermal energy

• heat

• convection

• conduction

• radiation

Heat transfer caused by the rising of hotter, less dense fluids and the falling of cooler, denser fluids

• thermal energy

• heat

• convection

• conduction

• radiation

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An apple suddenly falls off of a table. What is the falling apple an example of?

• Law of Conservation of Energy

• potential energy

• kinetic energy

• conductor

• insulator

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What is the following statement called? "Energy is never created or destroyed. It simply changes form."

• Law of Conservation of Energy

• potential energy

• kinetic energy

• conductor

• insulator

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