Unit 5 Thermal Energy

The total energy of all the particles in a substance is called

• temperature

• thermal energy

• degrees

• mass

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

• heat

• temperatur

• motion

• momentum

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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

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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Which sentence explains why a cold metal spoon placed in a pot of boiling water becomes hot?

• Thermal energy is transferred from the spoon to the water.
• Thermal energy is transferred from the water to the spoon.
• Thermal energy in the water is transformed into kinetic energy in the spoon.
• Thermal energy in the spoon is transformed into kinetic energy in the water.

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States that energy can neither be created nor destroyed; it only changes form.

• Law of Conservation of Energy

• Thermal Energy

• Energy

• Energy Transfer

The Gulf Stream is a current that brings warm ocean water from the equator to the north. What type of heat transfer is this?

• conduction
• convection
• radiation
• Insolation 

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What happens to particles as they heat up?

• They slow down
• Nothing
• They don't move
• They speed up

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

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

• one reaches a temperature of zero

• they both have an equal temperature

• one runs out of energy