
2.2 Thermal Physics Concepts
Authored by Kevin Despain
Physics
9th - 12th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
I place a metal ball and a wooden ball in a bucket of ice water at 0 degrees Celsius for a few hours, which of the two balls will feel colder?
the same
wooden ball
metal ball
Tags
NGSS.MS-PS1-4
NGSS.MS-PS3-4
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
I place a metal sphere and a wooden sphere in a bucket of ice water at 0 degrees Celsius for a few hours, which of the two spheres will be colder? (in others...which will have the lower temperature?)
the same
metal ball
wooden ball
Tags
NGSS.MS-PS1-4
NGSS.MS-PS3-4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In case you missed the previous question, answer this: If the temperature in your room is 70 degrees Fahrenheit, and you leave a cup of hot tea (180 degrees) on the table, what is the temperature of the tea after several hours?
180 degrees
150 degrees
100 degrees
about 70 degrees
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NGSS.MS-PS1-4
NGSS.MS-PS3-4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Suppose I put a hot metal ball in the cup full of hot tea.....and then I leave the cup on the table for 10 hours. The room's temperature is still 70 degrees Fahrenheit. Which will be the hottest after 10 hours?
metal ball
the room
hot tea
They will all be the same temperature
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NGSS.MS-PS1-4
NGSS.MS-PS3-4
NGSS.MS-PS3-5
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Consider an oven. You have a metal pan in the oven and a ceramic dish. The temperature inside the oven is 400 degrees Fahrenheit. The objects have been there for a long time. Which of these is hotter?
ceramic dish because it conducts so well!
metal pan!! Metal simply gets hotter!
Both objects are the same temperature.
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Despain is going to show a simulation of 2 substances of equal mass and volume. Which of the two substances has a higher temperature?
substance on the right
substance on the left
Tags
NGSS.MS-PS1-4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why does the substance on the left have a higher temperature?
The molecules are moving faster.
The substance is probably liquid and liquids are hotter.
It has more molecules.
The molecules are moving slower.
Tags
NGSS.MS-PS1-4
NGSS.MS-PS3-4
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