What is the average kinetic energy of the particles that make up a material?

• Temperature

• Heat

• Potential Energy

• Conduction

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

What is the movement of thermal energy from a warmer object to a cooler object called?

• Heat

• Thermal Contraction

• Radiation

• Convection

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-3

Which type of energy does an object have because it is moving?

• Conduction

• Kinetic Energy

• Thermal Energy

• Potential Energy

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

What is the transfer of thermal energy between materials by the collisions of particles called?

• Convection

• Radiation

• Conduction

• Heat

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-3

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Which scale measures temperature with water freezing at 32° and boiling at 212°?

• Degrees Fahrenheit

• Degrees Celsius

• Kelvin

• Thermal Expansion

What is the only way thermal energy can be transferred from the sun to the Earth?

• Conduction

• Thermal Contraction

• Radiation

• Convection

Which type of material allows thermal energy to flow easily?

• Thermal Contraction

• Thermal Insulator

• Conductor

• Potential Energy

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-3

What is the decrease in a material's volume when its temperature decreases called?

• Thermal Contraction

• Thermal Expansion

• Radiation

• Convection

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

What type of energy is stored energy?

• Potential Energy

• Heat

• Thermal Expansion

• Sun Energy

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-2

When heat flows from a higher temperature to a lower temperature object until the two objects have an equal temperature?

• Energy Equilibrium

• Sun energy

• Thermal Equilibrium

• Radiation

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4