Temperature and Thermal Energy

A large pot of boiling tea has the same temperature as a small cup of boiling tea. The thermal energy is __________.

• higher in the large pot of tea

• higher in the small cup of tea

• impossible to measure

• the same in the cup and pot

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____________ is a measure of the average kinetic energy

• heat

• thermal energy

• temperature

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As ice cream melts, its particles

• Gain energy, move faster and farther apart

• Gain energy, move slowly and get closer together

• Lose energy, move faster and farther apart

• Lose energy, move slowly and get closer together

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In which state does water have the highest kinetic energy?

• Gas

• Solid

• Liquid

• Each state has the same kinetic energy

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A substance has a freezing point of 0 degrees and a boiling point of 100 degrees. At what temperature below, would the substance be in its liquid form?

• 142 degrees

• 275 degrees

• -10 degrees

• 21 degrees

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Temperature is a measure of the ______ of the molecules in a substance. Increased temperature means a greater _____ of the molecules in a substance.

*Same answer for both*

• Average kinetic energy

• Average molecular number

• Total kinetic energy

• None of the above

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The temperature of a substance increases as___.

• the substance's mass increases

• the average kinetic energy of its particles increases

• the substance's volume increases

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Molecules do THIS when they heat up

• Move faster

• Move closer together

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What is temperature?

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

• It is the total kinetic and potential energy of particles in the substance.

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What is thermal energy?

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

• It is the total kinetic and potential energy of particles in the substance.

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