Thermal Energy Transfer Review

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

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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

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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.

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

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