Thermal Physics Review

Only very hot materials, like the lave from a volcano, are capable of transferring thermal energy through the process of radiation.

• True

• False

The process of measuring the temperature change in a sample of water to determine the total amount of energy lost or gained is called what?

• spectoscopy

• microscopy

• telemetry

• calorimetry

It is a transfer of energy from one object to another due to a difference in temperature. What is it called?

• compound

• heat

• mass

• mixture

Which of the listed engineering steps would you use to brainstorm ways to use series circuits in a building?

• Ask

• Imagine

• Create

• Improve

Measuring temperature means that you are measuring the amount of average speed of moving particles.

• True

• False

The energy something has because of the motion of its particles is called what?

• temperature

• voltage

• heat

• resistance

The average kinetic energy of the particles that make something up is called what?

• temperature

• voltage

• heat

• resistance

Which of the following activities would most likely not be used in the improve engineering step?

• modeling

• testing

• evaluating

• creating

Which of the following are used to transform ideas into practical solutions?

• modeling

• testing

• evaluating

• none of the above

• all of the above

What is defined at "the ability to do work"?

• potential

• energy

• voltage

• temperature