Thermal Energy TESt

Water currents that flow from the equator to the poles move heat from warmer climates to colder ones are an example of which transfer of heat?

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

On a sunny beach, the sand becomes hot enough to be uncomfortable to your bare feet. However, if a wave washes over the hot sand, the cooler water removes heat from the sand by the process of

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

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

• mechanical energy

• kinetic energy

• potential energy

• thermal energy

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

• thermal energy

• heat

• force

• temperature

The thermal energy of an object changes when heat is transferred

• True

• False

____________ is a measure of the average kinetic energy

• heat

• thermal energy

• temperature

________ is the transfer of energy from one particle of matter to another within an object or between two objects in direct contact

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

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

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

__________ is the transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

The law of conservation of energy applies to everything - even when energy transforms

• True

• False