Test: Thermal Energy

Which is the best surface for absorbing heat radiation?

• shiny white
• shiny black
• dull white
• dull black

The transfer of energy as heat through a material

• temperature
• thermometer
• heat
• thermal conduction

Particles that make up matter are in constant motion

• True
• False

The faster particles move the less kinetic energy they have.

• True
• False

Temperature is the measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in an object.

• True
• False

Change in thermal energy can be calculated using the equation Q = m ( (Tf – Ti) ( C. What does C represent?

• Specific heat
• Final temperature
• initial temperature
• temperature change
• mass

_____ is a measure of the average kinetic energy of all the particles that make up an object.

• Density
• Conduction
• Radiation
• Temperature

a measurement of the average motion of the particles in a substance or object

• temperature
• thermometer
• heat
• thermal conduction

the total energy of the particles that make up any matter

• thermal energy
• thermal conduction
• contract
• convection

a flow of energy from warmer matter to cooler matter

• thermal energy
• heat
• temperature
• conduction