What does absolute zero mean?

The lowest temperature possible.

The hottest temperature possible.

The temperature of a substance increases as___.

the average kinetic energy of its particles increases

the substance's volume increases

While rubbing your hands together on a cold day, you use friction to trasnform

mechanical energy into thermal energy

thermal energy into nuclear energy

nuclear energy into electrical energy

mechanical energy into electrical

The law of conservation of energy states that

some amount of energy cannot be accounted for

You're holding hands with your best friend. Your friend's hands are REALLY warm and yours are really cold. After a few minutes, this has changed. How might you explain what happened?

The heat energy from your friend's hand transferred to your hand through conduction.

The cold energy from your hand transferred to your friend's hand through conduction.

The cold energy from your hand transferred to your friend's hand through convection.

The heat energy from your friend's hand transferred to your hand through convection.

LT3: If two objects have different temperatures, heat will flow from the warmer object to the cooler one UNTIL ____________

they both have an equal temperature

one reaches a temperature of zero

When a popsicle melts, the particles _____.

gain thermal energy and speed up

there are no particles in popsicles

lose thermal energy and slow down

Observe the diagram. Which statement is true about the kinetic energy of the molecules in the containers?

The molecules are moving faster in Diagram A

The molecules are moving slower in Diagram A

The molecules are moving at the same rate in both diagrams

The Law of Conservation of Energy states:

Energy cannot be created or destroyed, it can only transformed

Energy can created or destroyed but not transformed

Energy can't be created, destroyed or transformed

what is specific heat

The amount of thermal energy required to increase the temperature of 1kg of a material by 1° Celsius.

Thermal Energy

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

The movement of thermal energy from a warmer object to a cooler object is called:

heat

temperature

motion

momentum

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

No more energy can be removed from matter at:

its freezing point

0°C

absolute zero

273 K

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Heat transfer occurs:

in many directions

both from warm objects to colder ones and from cold objects to warmer ones

only from warm objects to colder ones

only from cold objects to warmer ones

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

A measure of the average kinetic energy of the individual particles in an object is called:

thermal energy

conduction

convection

temperature

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

When you touch something that feels cold,

heat from your hand moves into the cold substance.

coldness moves from the cold substance into your hand.

it melts.

it freezes.

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

What is the temperature on the thermometer?

28° Celsius

20° Fahrenheit

18° Celsius

20° Celsius

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2 mins • 1 pt

Energy that moves particles of matter is

temperature

thermal energy

heat

friction

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

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Thermal Energy

The movement of thermal energy from a warmer object to a cooler object is called:

No more energy can be removed from matter at:

Heat transfer occurs:

A measure of the average kinetic energy of the individual particles in an object is called:

When you touch something that feels cold,

What is the temperature on the thermometer?

Energy that moves particles of matter is

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What does absolute zero mean?

The temperature of a substance increases as___.

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