Thermal Energy Temperature Heat

Two cubes with the same mass and volume are heated in the same pan of water. The graph below shows the change in temperature with time.

Which cube has a lower specific heat capacity?

• A

• B

• the same

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Which material takes most thermal energy to change its temperature?

• Air

• water

• copper

• wax

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Which material is a good conductor of heat?

• Air

• water

• copper

• wax

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Which of the following best describes the function of a thermostat?

• Measures temperature

• Increases temperature

• decreases temperature

• Regulates temperature

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temperature scale with the melting point of ice at 32° and the boiling point of water at 212° is known as _____.

• Celsius

• Kelvin

• Fahrenheit

• Boiling point

In an air conditioner, thermal energy is ____.

• transferred from areas of higher temperatures to areas of lower temperatures

• transferred from areas of lower temperatures to areas of higher temperatures

• used to do work

• transferred into the building

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A temperature scale with the melting point of ice at 0° and the boiling point of water at 100° is known as _____ scale

• Celsius

• Kelvin

• Fahrenheit

• Boiling point

Temperature represents the average _________ energy of the particles that make up a material

• potential

• chemical

• thermal

• kinetic

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Hot-air balloons rise due to thermal _______.

• radiation

• expansion

• convection

• conduction

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Heat is the energy that is transferred from a​ ​ (a)   object to a​ (b)   object.

• warmer

• cooler

• bigger

• smaller

• Kintetic

• Temperature

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