Thermal Energy Vocabulary

Heat transfers from an area of ________ temperature to an area of _______ temperature.

• high to low

• low to high

• high to high

• low to low

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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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Everything has thermal energy

• False

• True

On a hot summer day, a piece of ice is removed from a cooler and placed in a cup that is sitting on a picnic table. Which of the following statements are true about what happens to the ice and the cup over time? Choose the TWO that apply.

• Heat moves from the ice to the cup.

• The particles in the ice start to move faster.

• Both the ice and the cup change state.

• The cup changes temperature.

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What type of energy is primarily involved in heating and cooling processes?

• Mechanical Energy

• Thermal Energy

• Electrical Energy

• Nuclear Energy

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Identify the type of energy represented by the illustration.

• Nuclear Energy

• Elastic Energy

• Thermal Energy

• Electrical Energy

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Which of the following is a characteristic of thermal energy?

• It is always conserved

• It can be completely converted into work

• It increases with the motion of particles within an object

• It is the same as temperature

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Heat transfer caused by the rising of hotter, less dense fluids and the falling of cooler denser fluids.

• convection

• conduction

• energy

• heat transfer

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Transfer of thermal energy that occurs in solids, liquids, and gases, when two substances of different temperatures touch.

• matter

• energy

• conduction

• convection

Material that does not transfer heat easily.

• Conductor

• Convection

• Radiation

• Insulator

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