Review for Heat and Temperature

What is NOT a temperature scale used to measure heat?

• Celsius

• Kelvin

• Fahrenheit

• Kilometer

Water freezes at 32 degrees on the _______ scale: (hint we use this scale in the U.S. for temperature)

• Celsius

• Kelvin

• Fahrenheit

This phase of matter has definite shape and volume:

• Solid

• Liquid

• Gas

The property that describes the temperature at which a substance changes from a solid to a liquid is called the....

• Freezing point

• Melting point

• Condensation point

• Boiling point

The flow of thermal energy is called:

• Temperature

• Heat

• Thermal equilibrium

What is an instrument that measures temperature?

• Temperature

• Thermometer

• Thermal equilibrium

What is the lowest possible temperature, at which thermal energy is as close to zero as it can be, approximately -273 degrees Celsius?

• Specific heat

• Absolute zero

• Thermal equilibrium

When two objects reach the same temperature and no energy flows is called...

• Temperature

• Thermometer

• Thermal equilibrium

In nature, heat always flows from a ...

• Cold object → warm object

• Small object → big object

• Warm object → cold object

• Large object → not moving object

What are the three ways heat transfers?

• Convection, condensation, conduction

• Conduction, convection, radiation

• Sound and light waves

• Friction, force, motion