6th-T6 L1: Vocab Quiz

What is thermal energy?

• the total kinetic and potential energy of all the particles of an object

• energy that comes from light

• energy that comes from cold

Which shows thermal energy?

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What is heat?

• Heat is a measurement of temperature.
• Heat is a form of light

• the transfer of thermal energy from a warmer object to a cooler object

Which shows heat?

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What is temperature?

• the measure of the amount of heat in a substance or object

• how hot or cold something is; the measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in the substance

• the transfer of thermal energy from a warmer object to a cooler object

Which shows temperature?

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What is transfer?

• to more from one person, place or object to another without changing form

• the transfer of thermal energy from a warmer object to a cooler object

• the total kinetic and potential energy of all the particles of an object

Having a defined, unquestionable value on a mathematical scale is called __________________.

• absolute

• heat

• temperature

What is potential energy?

• energy that is stored in an object or system

• energy that is used in an object

• how hot or cold something is; the measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in the substance

What is kinetic energy?

• energy that is stored in an object or system

• the energy an object has because of its motion

• how hot or cold something is; the measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in the substance