Thermal Energy and Kinetic Energy Voc. Quiz

What is the measure of the average kinetic energy of an object's particles?

• Thermal energy

• Temperature

• Conduction

• Thermal expansion

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What is the sum of the kinetic energies of all the particles that make up an object?

• Thermal energy

• Temperature

• Conduction

• Thermal conductor

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What is the tendency of particles to spread out when the kinetic energy increases?

• Conduction

• Thermal conductor

• Thermal expansion

• Temperature

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What is the transfer of thermal energy by direct contact of two objects or portions of matter?

• Thermal expansion

• Conduction

• Temperature

• Thermal energy

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What are substances that thermal energy can easily move through?

• Thermal energy

• Thermal conductor

• Conduction

• Thermal expansion

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Substances that thermal energy cannot move through

• Thermal conductor

• Temperature

• Conduction

• Thermal insulator

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The state in which all parts of the system are at the same temperature?

• Thermal expansion

• Covection

• Thermal conductor

• Thermal equilibrium

Which concept involves the direct transfer of heat between two touching objects?

• Thermal expansion

• Conduction

• Thermal energy

• Temperature

What is the term for the movement of particles from an area of greater concentration to lesser concentration?

• Diffusion

• Thermal energy

• Conduction

• Convection

Which term is used to describe the increase in volume of a substance due to heat?

• Thermal expansion

• Conduction

• Thermal conductor

• Temperature

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