Thermal Energy Amplify Vocabulary

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

• Mechanical Energy

• Thermal Energy

• Electrical Energy

• Nuclear Energy

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Joseph puts a piece of toast on a plate. The toast is hot from the toaster. When he puts the toast on the plate, the energy of the plate increases. What must be true of the energy of the toast?

• Its energy stays the same while the energy of the plate increases.

• Its energy decreases while the energy of the plate increases.

• Its energy increases while the energy of the plate increases.

• It is impossible to know without data on the number of molecules in each object.

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Using the vocabulary term to convert, explain what the oven does.

• The oven converts light energy to thermal energy.

• The oven converts raw food to cooked food.

• The oven converts electrical energy to thermal energy.

• The oven converts sound energy to motion energy.

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Which form of energy is being transferred out the most?

• sound

• light

• thermal

• motion

Which of the following best describes thermal energy?

• The energy stored in chemical bonds

• The energy an object possesses due to its motion

• The total kinetic energy of particles in a substance

• The energy required to change the state of a substance

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What happens to the thermal energy of a substance when its temperature increases?

• It decreases

• It remains constant

• It increases

• It becomes zero

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Which process involves the transfer of thermal energy through direct contact?

• Radiation

• Convection

• Conduction

• Evaporation

In which of the following scenarios is thermal energy transferred by convection?

• A metal spoon heating up in a pot of hot soup

• The sun warming the Earth's surface

• A heater warming the air in a room

• A microwave heating food

What is the primary method of thermal energy transfer in a vacuum?

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

• Diffusion

Which of the following materials is the best conductor of thermal energy?

• Wood

• Glass

• Copper

• Plastic

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