Investigation Thermal Energy

How does air travel?

• they don't travel
• hot to cold
• cold to hot
• All of the above

What is the difference between heat and temperature?    

• a.  Temperature measures the motion of molecules, and heat is the energy of that motion
• b.  Temperature is measured by a thermometer, and heat is measured by a barometer
• c.  Heat is measured in calories, and temperature is measured in joules
• d.  Heat is caused by the sun, and temperature is caused by conditions in the atmosphere

Why is there more thermal energy in an iceberg than in a pot of boiling water?    

• a.  The pot insulates the heated molecules
• b.  Most icebergs are fairly warm to the touch
•   c.  Icebergs contain many more molecules than pots of water
•   d.  Water does not hold heat very well

Kinetic Energy is the energy of _________

• thermal

• movement

• potential

• atoms

Thermal energy is the __________ _________ energy of moving particles

• total potential

• average potential

• average kinetic

• total kinetic

Temperature is the __________ _________ energy of moving particles

• average potential

• average kinetic

• total potential

• total kinetic

Objects with MORE MASS have______________

• lower potential energy

• lower number of atoms

• higher thermal energy

• higher temperature

Temperature is a way we ____________ energy

• eat

• measure

• gain

• lose

As temperature increases, molecules _____________

• move slower

• move the same

• move faster

• stop moving

A student was doing a science investigation in school.  Her teacher asked her to fill two beakers with water.  What would be the temperature of the water when it started to boil?

• 100 degrees celsius
• 50 degrees celsius
• 32 degrees celsius
• 20 degrees celsius