Thermal Energy and Heat Transfer Quiz

What is thermal energy?

• The change in thermal energy when it is transferred from one object to another

• The average kinetic energy of the molecules in an object

• The measure of the thermal energy within any object

• The movement of particles in a substance

What is temperature a measure of?

• The change in thermal energy when it is transferred from one object to another

• The average kinetic energy of the molecules in an object

• The movement of particles in a substance

• The internal kinetic energy of the molecules in any object

What is heat?

• The average kinetic energy of the molecules in an object

• The internal kinetic energy of the molecules in any object

• The change in thermal energy when it is transferred from one object to another

• The measure of the thermal energy within any object

When does heat transfer occur?

• When there is a temperature increase

• When there is no change in temperature

• When there is no temperature change

• When there is a temperature decrease

How is thermal energy transferred?

• From cold objects to warm ones

• From fast-moving atoms and molecules to slow-moving ones

• From slow-moving atoms and molecules to fast-moving ones

• From warm objects to cool ones