IPC Week 17 Review (Thermal Energy)

The temperature increases when the average _________ of the particles in a material increases.

• mass

• radiation

• kinetic energy

• potential energy

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Which thermal energy transfer does not require matter? (it can be transferred through a vacuum)

• thermal energy

• radiation

• convection

• temperature

Thermal energy that is passing from a higher to a lower temperature is ______.

• thermal energy

• radiation

• heat

• temperature

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With CONDUCTION, Thermal energy is transferred through matter by ________.

• direct contact between particles or objects

• radiation

• the rise of hot air

• The density of cold air

According to the second law of thermodynamics heat never flows spontaneously from a ___ to _____ temperature.

• low to high

• high to low

• hot to hot

• cold to cold

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NGSS.HS-PS3-4

What is the total kinetic and potential energy of the particles in a material?

• thermal energy

• radiation

• convection

• temperature

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Thermal Conductors allow thermal energy to move easily across them. What is the opposite of a conductor?

• solar collector

• insulator

• heat engine

• radiator

The transfer of thermal energy by movement of matter (flow) is

• conduction

• temperature

• solar collector

• convection

A device that absorbs radiant energy from the Sun is a(n)

• insulator

• radiator

• solar collector

• heat engine

A heat engine that changes transforms _______ into ________ .

• thermal energy into mechanical energy

• mechanical energy into thermal energy

• kinetic energy into potential energy

• thermal energy into potential energy

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