6th Grade Bellringers Week 9 - Thermal Energy

When particles in matter move, they create __________.

• a thermometer

• frozen energy

• thermal energy

• water

What does a thermometer measure?

Check all that are true.

• the average motion or energy of particles

• the total motion or energy of particles in matter

• the speed at which an object is moving

• how hot or cold something is

When heat from the Sun travels through space, it is called __________.

• radiation

• convection

• conduction

• all of the above

Conduction is __________.

• when thermal energy is transferred by a moving gas or liquid

• a material that can conduct heat easily

• when heat moves between two objects that are touching

• when two objects lose heat

__________ causes matter to expand.

• heat

• rain

• cold

• wind