Thermal Energy Vocabulary

Kinetic energy is

• energy stored in chemical bonds

• stored energy

• the energy of motion

• energy because of position

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

• mechanical energy

• thermal energy

• nuclear energy

• electrical energy

A measure of the average kinetic energy of the individual particles in an object is called

• thermal energy

• conduction

• convection

• temperature

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What happens to particles as they heat up?

• They slow down
• Nothing
• They don't move
• They speed up

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Heat transfers from an area of ________ temperature to an area of _______ temperature.

• high to low

• low to high

• high to high

• low to low

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The movement of thermal energy from a warmer object to a cooler object is called

• heat

• temperatur

• motion

• momentum

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Heat transfer occurs

• in many directions

• both from warm objects to colder ones and from cold objects to warmer ones

• only from warm objects to colder ones

• only from cold objects to warmer ones

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Everything has thermal energy

• False

• True

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On a hot summer day, a piece of ice is removed from a cooler and placed in a cup that is sitting on a picnic table. Which of the following statements are true about what happens to the ice and the cup over time? Choose the TWO that apply.

• Heat moves from the ice to the cup.

• The particles in the ice start to move faster.

• Both the ice and the cup change state.

• The cup changes temperature.

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To measure the temperature difference between two cups of water, you would use a _____.

• measuring cup
• ruler
• thermometer
• balance scale

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