Thermal Energy and Temperature

The temperature of a substance increases as___.

• the substance expands
• the average kinetic energy of its particles increases
• the substance's volume increases
• the substance's mass increases

Scientists use either the ____ scale or the ____ scale.

• celsius, farenheit
• farenheit, kelvin
• kelvin
• celsius, kelvin

The total kinetic energy of a substance's particles

• thermal energy
• heat
• convection
• conduction

Water boils at 100 degrees on which scale?

• Farenheit
• Celsius
• Kelvin

Water boils at 212 degrees on which scale?

• Farenheit
• Celsius
• Kelvin

The energy that is transferred between two objects.

• Specific heat

• heat

• Temperature

• Thermal energy

___________________ is the measure of Potential and Kinetic energy in an object.

• A thermometer

• Thermal energy

• Farenheit

• Temperature

Emerson places a beaker of water on a hotplate and turns the hotplate on. The temperature in the room is 25 ºC. After the water heats to 75 ºC, she adds pieces of ice to the beaker.

Which of the following describes a transfer of heat energy that occurs during this experiment?

• from the air to the water

• from the ice to the beaker

• from the water to the ice

• from the water to the hotplate

When you touch something that feels cold, 

• heat from your hand moves into the cold substance.
• coldness moves from the cold substance into your hand.
• it melts.
• it freezes.

On a hot day the lake water warms and the temperature increases. How does the movement of the particles change?

• move slower and farther apart

• move slower and closer together

• move faster and farther apart

• move faster and closer together