PS 16.1 Formative

Which of the following is a unit of temperature?

• Celsius degree

• joule

• kilogram

• calorie

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Heat is the transfer of thermal energy from one object to another because of a difference in

• specific heat

• phase

• temperature

• waste heat

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What property of an object is related to the average kinetic energy of the particles in that object?

• specific heat

• mass

• conductivity

• temperature

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As the temperature of an object rises, so does the

• kinetic energy

  of the object

• mass

  of the object

• thermal energy

  of the object

• potential energy of the object

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Which of the following devices is based on the property of thermal expansion?

• balance

• calorimeter

• convection oven

• thermometer

Thermal energy depends on an object's

• mass

• phase

  (solid, liquid, gas)

• temperature

• all of these

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What does a calorimeter directly measure?

• change in temperature

• kinetic energy

• specific heat

• radiation

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(a)   is the transfer of thermal energy because of a temperature change.

The increase in volume of a material due to a temperature increase is called (a)   .