Thermal Energy - 4
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6th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What does "contract" mean in this sentence?
When it is cold outside, materials made of metal undergo thermal contraction because their particles move closer together.
To expand.
To shorten or decrease in size.
To contact.
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NGSS.MS-PS1-4
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What does the word expansion mean in this sentence?
Objects that are made of metal experience thermal expansion as their average kinetic energy increases.
To get larger in size.
To shrink.
To break apart.
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NGSS.MS-PS1-4
NGSS.MS-PS3-4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What does the word absorb mean in this sentence?
Metals absorb the sun's rays and increase the metal's thermal energy.
To gain or take in/soak up something.
To lose energy.
To heat up.
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NGSS.MS-PS1-4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why would a metal door on a house stick in the summertime, but swing open easily during the winter?
The door is experiencing thermal expansion because there is an increase in kinetic energy during the summer.
The door is experiencing thermal expansion because there is a decrease in kinetic energy during the summer.
The door is experiencing thermal contraction because there is an increase in kinetic energy during winter.
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NGSS.MS-PS1-4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is another word for temperature?
Average potential energy.
Average thermal energy.
Average kinetic energy.
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NGSS.MS-PS1-4
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What type of heat transfer occurs when energy transfers from one particle of matter to another within an object or between two objects that are in direct contact?
Absorption
Conduction
Radiation
Convection
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What type of heat transfer occurs when thermal energy transfers by the movement of a fluid?
Radiation
Convection
Conduction
Contraction
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