Thermal Energy and Matter

What is the transfer of thermal energy from one object to another because of a difference in temperature?

• heat
• temperature 
• absolute zero 
• thermal expansion 

_{What is a measure of how hot or cold an object is compared to a reference point?} 

• heat
• temperature  
• absolute zero
• thermal expansion

What is a temperature of 0 kelvins?

• heat
• temperature
• absolute zero
• thermal expansion

What is the increase in volume of a material when its temperature increases?

• heat
• temperature
• absolute zero
• thermal expansion

What is the amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of one gram of a material by one degree?

• calorimeter 
• conduction
• specific heat

What is the instrument used to measure thermal energy released or absorbed during a chemical or physical change?

• calorimeter
• conduction
• specific heat

What is the transfer of thermal with no overall transfer of matter, within a material or between materials that are touching?

• calorimeter
• conduction
• specific heat

What is a material that conducts thermal energy well?

• convection current 
• thermal insulator 
• convection
• thermal conductor

What is a material that conducts thermal energy poorly?

• convection current
• thermal insulator
• convection
• thermal conductor

What is the transfer of thermal energy when particles of a fluid move from one place to another? 

• convection current 
• thermal insulator 
• convection 
• thermal conductor