Thermal Energy and Heat Quiz

The ability to do work is called _____.

• temperature

• calorie

• energy

• thermal expansion

The amount of thermal energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 g of water 1°C is called a _____.

• thermometer

• convection current

• conductor

• calorie

The ability of a substance’s particles to move faster and expand without changing states is called _____.

• conduction

• thermal expansion

• convection

• radiation

Cooking on a stovetop or eating a popsicle usually involves _____.

• conduction

• radiation

• convection

• thermal expansion

Heat flows from cooler objects to warmer objects.

• True

• False

As you increase the temperature of a substance, the speed of its particles decreases.

• True

• False

Potential energy is energy that an object has because of its motion.

• True

• False

Temperature is the measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in a substance.

• True

• False

Heat transfer that occurs when the particles of a substance carry thermal energy as they move from one place to another is called _____.

• conduction

• convection

• insulation

• diffusion

• radiation

Heat transfer that occurs when there are no particles to carry the energy is called _____.

• convection

• conduction

• radiation

• evaporation

• diffusion