Understanding Heat and Temperature

What is the definition of temperature?

• The total energy of the particles that make up a substance

• A measure of the average kinetic energy

• The transfer of energy between objects that are at different temperatures

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What is thermal expansion?

• An increase in volume in a substance due to an increase in temperature

• The lowest temperature on the Kelvin scale

• The transfer of thermal energy through direct contact

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What is absolute zero?

• The total energy of the particles that make up a substance

• The transfer of energy between objects that are at different temperatures

• The lowest temperature on the Kelvin scale, 0 K

What is the definition of heat?

• The transfer of energy between objects that are at different temperatures

• The total energy of the particles that make up a substance

• The transfer of thermal energy through matter or space as electromagnetic waves

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What is thermal energy?

• The transfer of thermal energy through direct contact

• The total energy of the particles that make up a substance

• A measure of the average kinetic energy

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What is conduction?

• The transfer of thermal energy by the movement of a liquid or a gas

• The transfer of thermal energy through matter or space

• The transfer of thermal energy through direct contact

What are conductors?

• Substances that conduct thermal energy very well

• Substances that do not conduct thermal energy

• The total energy of the particles that make up a substance

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What are insulators?

• Substances that do not conduct thermal energy

• Substances that conduct thermal energy very well

• The transfer of thermal energy through direct contact

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What is convection?

• The transfer of thermal energy through direct contact

• The transfer of thermal energy by the movement of a liquid or a gas

• The transfer of thermal energy through matter or space as electromagnetic waves

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Absolute zero is the lowest temperature on the Kelvin scale, 0 K, and the particles are not moving.

• True

• False