Thermal Energy & States of Matter

What is the energy in motion?

• Potential

• Thermal

• Kinetic

• Heat

The stored energy due to the interaction between two objects

• Heat

• Kinetic Energy

• Potential Enegery

• Thermal Energy

The sum of the kinetic energy and the potential energy of the particles that make up the material is what?

(a)  

Convert 75 to Fahrenheit (round your answer to the nearest tenths)

(a)  

Thermal energy always moves from object with ...

• no heat to objects with heat

• more kinetic energy to objects with less kinetic energy

• direct contact between them

• higher temperatures to objects with lower temperatures

The energy that is transferred from a warmer object to a cooler object is called...

• thermal energy

• heat

• force

• temperature

What type of heat transfer is the following?

Solar panels are used to collect sunlight for energy.

• Convection

• Conduction

• Radiation

• None of the above

When ice cubes melt in a glass of water, a current forms in which heat energy moves from particles ....

• with a lower temperature to particles with a higher temperatures

• with a higher temperature to particles with a lower temperatures

• that are cold to particles that are warm

• that are a solid to particles that are a liquid

Which form of matter does not take the shape of its container?

• liquid

• solid

• gas

• air

Material that does not transfer heat easily

• Conductor

• Convection

• Radiation

• Insulator