Kinetic and Potential Energy Concepts in Chemistry

What are the main topics covered in this unit?

• Nuclear physics, relativity, and cosmology

• Particle motion, kinetic and potential energy, kinetic molecular theory, gas laws, and mole conversions

• Solid state physics, thermodynamics, and quantum mechanics

• Electromagnetism, optics, and acoustics

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Which form of matter is highly compressible and has low density before compression?

• Solids

• Plasma

• Liquids

• Gases

At what temperature do particles stop vibrating?

• 0 degrees Celsius

• 100 degrees Celsius

• 273 Kelvin

• Absolute zero

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What is the preferred scale for measuring temperature in this unit?

• Fahrenheit

• Kelvin

• Celsius

• Rankine

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What happens to potential energy when an object falls from a height?

• It is converted to kinetic energy

• It is converted to thermal energy

• It increases

• It remains constant

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In what unit is energy measured?

• Pascals

• Newtons

• Watts

• Joules

What type of energy does a boy have at the top of a water slide?

• Chemical energy

• Potential energy

• Thermal energy

• Kinetic energy

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What happens to potential energy as the distance between particles increases?

• It decreases

• It remains the same

• It converts to kinetic energy

• It increases

What factors affect the potential energy of particles?

• Velocity and acceleration

• Mass and volume

• Electric charge and distance

• Temperature and pressure

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What is the principle that states energy cannot be created or destroyed?

• Law of Inertia

• Law of Conservation of Energy

• Law of Universal Gravitation

• Law of Thermodynamics