Chapter 3 Assessment

A child on a sliding board has more _____ at the top of the slide than at the bottom.

• potential energy

• kinetic energy

• radiation

• conduction

A place that produces electricity is called a _____.

• power plant

• density

• convection

• buoyant force

_____ is the energy of motion.

• heat energy

• potential energy

• kinetic energy

• radiation

Systems tend to move from higher to lower _____.

• density

• heat energy

• potential energy

• kinetic energy

Twenty five grams of hot water has more _____ energy than fifteen grams of hot water.

• radiation

• heat

• potential

• kinetic

_____ is heat transfer through empty space.

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

• density

The transfer of heat by the direct contact of atoms is called _____.

• radiation

• conduction

• convection

• buoyant force

_____ is the transfer of heat through the motion of gases and liquids.

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

• density

The _____ of a sample is related to the average speed of atoms in that sample.

• heat energy

• potential energy

• kinetic energy

• density

Matter that can flow is called a _____.

• fluid

• heat energy

• potential energy

• kinetic energy