Thermal Energy Quiz

Only warm or hot objects have thermal energy.

• True

• False

If particles of an object start to move more quickly, the object’s temperature rises.

• True

• False

Temperature is the same thing as thermal energy.

• True

• False

An object with a higher temperature always has greater thermal energy than an object with a lower temperature.

• True

• False

On the Celsius scale, the boiling point of water is 32 °C.

• True

• False

Most types of matter expand to some degree when they get warmer.

• True

• False

Temperature is a physical property of matter.

• True

• False

Thermal energy always moves from an object with a higher temperature to an object with a lower temperature.

• True

• False

Specific heat is a property that is specific to a given type of matter.

• True

• False

Most metals have a very high specific heat.

• True

• False