Thermal Energy

Which has more Thermal Energy?

• a cup of tea

• Lake Superior

True or False: the higher the temperature, the faster the movement of atoms.

• True

• False

The 3 types of Heat Transfer are:

• cryogenic

• conduction

• convection

• radiant

What do we call a material that allows for the quick transfer of heat through it?

• a conductor

• an insulator

Which type of currents are a major part of weather?

• convection

• microwaves

True or False: Specific Heat is a reference that shows us how easy it is to raise the temperature of a specific material.

• True

• False

A heat engine converts some thermal energy into what type of energy?

• elastic potential energy

• mechanical energy

Which is the proper order for a cycle of an internal combustion engine?

• exhaust, power, intake compression

• intake, compression, power, exhaust

Thermodynamics is

• the study of relationships between thermal energy, heat, and work

• The study of how force equals mass x acceleration

Radiation is the transfer of ____ through waves from the sun.

• mutations

• heat