Science Vocabulary - Thermal Energy Concepts

What is the measure of the average kinetic energy of an object's particles?

• A) Thermal energy

• B) Temperature

• C) Conduction

• D) Radiation

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The sum of the kinetic energies of all the particles that make up an object is known as ____.

• A) Thermal expansion

• B) Convection

• C) Thermal energy

• D) Hypothermia

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What is the tendency of particles to spread out when the kinetic energy increases?

• Conduction

• Thermal expansion

• Radiation

• Thermal equilibrium

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The transfer of thermal energy by direct contact of two objects or portions of matter is called ____.

• Convection

• Radiation

• Conduction

• Thermal insulator

Substances that thermal energy can easily move through are known as ____.

• Thermal insulators

• Thermal conductors

• Radiators

• Convection currents.

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What are substances that thermal energy cannot move through called?

• Thermal conductors

• Thermal insulators

• Radiators

• Convection currents.

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A type of thermal energy transfer in which currents carry thermal energy from one part of the fluid to another is called ____.

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

• Thermal expansion

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The process of thermal energy transfer by electromagnetic waves is known as ____.

• A) Conduction

• B) Convection

• C) Radiation

• D) Thermal equilibrium

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What is the condition caused by the loss of too much body heat?

• Hypothermia

• Thermal expansion

• Radiation

• Convection

The state in which all parts of a system are at the same temperature is called ____.

• Thermal equilibrium

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

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