6th Grade - Topic 4 - Thermal Energy

_________ is the transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves.

• convection

• radiation

• conduction

• heat

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

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The expansion of matter when it is heated is known as ____________.

• thermal expansion

• temperature

• heat

• specific heat

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

___________ are materials that do not conduct heat well

• conductors

• conduction

• cloth

• insulators

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NGSS.MS-PS3-3

_______ is the energy that is transferred from a warmer object to a cooler object

• thermal energy

• thermal expansion

• heat

• temperature

The total kinetic and potential energy of all the particles in an object is called _____________

• thermal energy

• heat

• temperature

• specific heat

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

The movement of a fluid, caused by differences in temperature, that transfers heat from one part of the fluid to another is called _________

• thermal expansion

• specific heat

• convection current

• radiation

___________ is a type of heat transfer that occurs through the movement of fluids, which can be solid, liquid, or gas.

• convection

• conduction

• radiation

• conductor

A material that conducts heat well is a ___________.

• insulator

• conduction

• convector

• conductor

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NGSS.MS-PS3-3

The amount of energy required to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of a material by 1 kelvin is called its _____________.

• temperature

• specific heat

• heat

• thermal energy

_________ is a measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in a substance.

• temperature

• heat

• thermal expansion

• specific heat

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4