Thermal Energy Quiz

When things get hotter, its molecules are moving faster and have more _____________.

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When a thing gets colder, its molecules are moving slower and have ____ kinetic energy.

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Temperature is a measure of the ____________________ of the molecules of a thing.

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the energy an object has because it is moving

• average energy

• molecule

• kinetic energy

• stagnant energy

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Particles of a liquid

• are tightly packed together and stay in a fixed position.

• have no viscosity.

• decrease in volume with increasing temperature.

• are free to move around one another but still touch.

Anything that takes up space and has mass is

• matter

• air

• earth

• energy

If I add heat to a solid, how will the motion of the particles be affected?

• They will move slower.

• They will stop moving.

• They will move faster.

• They will move to a different container.

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A particle's speed is related to how much __ it has.

• gravitational energy

• kinetic energy

• potential energy

• elastic energy

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Particles in colder water move less than particles in hotter water.

• true

• false

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A __system is one in which no matter can enter or exit.

• locked

• solid

• closed

• tight