Thermal Energy Review

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

• Temperature

• Thermal energy

• Degrees

• Mass

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A teacher puts one test tube of 50 degree C liquid and one test tube of 10 degree C liquid into a 20 degree C water bath, as shown in the diagram below. Which of the following diagrams best represents the directions that heat will move when the test tubes are placed into the water bath?

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

• Heat

• Temperature

• Motion

• Momentum

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Because a bath has more molecules, it has more __________ than a teacup at the same temperature.

• Heat

• Thermal energy

• Potential energy

• Degrees

The diagram above shows the amount of light reflected from each block. Which block will increase in temperature most rapidly?

• Block 1

• Block 2

• Block 3

• Block 4

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No more energy can be removed from matter at

• Its freezing point

• 0 degrees C

• Absolute zero

• 273K

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The more particles a substance has at a given temperature,

• The higher its temperature

• The more thermal energy it has

• The more degrees it has

• The more kelvin it has

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Heat is transferred from one particle of matter to another without the movement of matter itself in a process called

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

• Insulation

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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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If _________________ is transferred from object A to object B, the thermal energy of object A decreases.

• Heat

• Thermal energy

• Potential energy

• Degrees

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