Unit 6 Thermal Energy Vocab Quiz

A measure of how hot or cold something is; specifically a measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in an object.

• Thermometer
• Temperature
• Thermal Energy

• Specific Heat

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The movement of matter due to differences in density that are caused by temperature variation.

• Conduction

• Convection
• Radiation
• Liquid

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Heat energy from the sun is transferred to Earth by:

• conduction.
• radiation.
• convection.
• insulation.

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As the kinetic energy of the molecules in a substance increases, the temperature of the substance __________.

• increases
• decreases
• stays the same

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Which direction is heat flowing in the picture?

• from the hand to the ice
• from the ice to the hand
• heat is not being transferred
• there is no way to tell

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During a phase change what happens to temperature?

• it increases
• it decreases
• depends; if being heated it increases, if being cooled it decreases
• stays constant

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The change from liquid to gas is called....

• freezing

• evaporation
• condensation
• melting

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Which line segment demonstrates vaporization occurring?

• B-C
• C-D
• D-E
• E-F

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The temperature at which a substance in the liquid state freezes is the same as the temperature at which the substance_________- 

• melts
• evaporates

• boils
• condenses

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Why would the temperature of boiling water be higher than the temperature of ice water?

• Because the particles in the boiling water are moving faster.

• Because the particles in the boiling water aren't moving at all.

• Because the particles in the boiling water are moving slower.

• Because the particles in the boiling water are moving at the same speed.

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