Thermal Energy Quiz

When holding a cup of ice water, your warm hand becomes cold. How does the heat transfer?

• From the cold cup to your hand
• From the cold cup to the warm air
• From the ice to your hand
• From your warm hand to the cold cup.

What is the difference between heat and temperature?    

• a.  Temperature measures the motion of molecules, and heat is the energy of that motion
• b.  Temperature is measured by a thermometer, and heat is measured by a barometer
• c.  Heat is measured in calories, and temperature is measured in joules
• d.  Heat is caused by the sun, and temperature is caused by conditions in the atmosphere

Why is there more thermal energy in an iceberg than in a pot of boiling water?    

• a.  The pot insulates the heated molecules
• b.  Most icebergs are fairly warm to the touch
•   c.  Icebergs contain many more molecules than pots of water
•   d.  Water does not hold heat very well

Kinetic Energy is the energy of _________

• thermal

• movement

• potential

• atoms

Thermal energy is the __________ _________ energy of moving particles

• total potential

• average potential

• average kinetic

• total kinetic

Temperature is the __________ _________ energy of moving particles

• average potential

• average kinetic

• total potential

• total kinetic