Thermal Energy and Temperature

Temperature is

• a constant value

• able to change based on surrounding energy conditions

• equal to heat

• a measurement of thermal energy

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Thermal energy is the ____ energy of particles in an object.

• average

• total

• heat

• kinetic

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After hot cocoa is poured into a cold mug, thermal energy from the _______ is transferred to the _______.

• hot cocoa; cold mug

• cold mug; hot cocoa

• air; hot cocoa

• Thermal energy does not get transferred.

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Heat is a form of energy.

• True

• False

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Thermal energy always moves from warmer substances to cooler substances.

• True

• False

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The thermal energy of matter depends on its

• mass.

• temperature.

• number of particles (mass).

• all of the above.

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The average kinetic energy of particles of matter is called _____.

• temperature

• thermal energy

• heat

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Which one has more thermal energy?

• an ice cube in a glass of lemonade

• a bathtub full of warm water

• a pot of soup boiling on the stove

• a cup of hot coffee

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An object with a higher temperature can have less thermal energy than an more massive object with a lower temperature.

• True

• False

The liquid in a thermometer ______________ as the temperature increases.

• expands
• disappears
• freezes
• explodes

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