Thermal Energy Review

If thermal energy is increasing, what is happening to the kinetic energy.

• Kinetic energy would be decreasing

• Kinetic energy would stay the same

• Kinetic energy would be increasing

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The total kinetic energy of the tiny particles that make up matter.

• Thermal Energy

• Energy Transfer

• Temperature

• Heat

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Energy transferred between two objects with varying temperatures, always transferring from warmest to coldest until the two objects have equal temperatures.

• Heat

• Thermal Energy

• Energy Transfer

• Temperature

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

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What is the process of heat transfer through direct contact with the heat source called?

• Convection

• Conduction

• Radiation

• Sublimation

What is the term for a substance that allows heat to flow easily?

• Conductor

• Insulator

• Condensation

• Sublimation

Which of the following materials is the best conductor of heat?

• Wood

• Plastic

• Copper

• Glass

How do molecules move in a hot object?

• Faster than in a cold object.

• Slower than in a cold object

• The same speed as a cold object

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

What is the heat transfer called when hot fluids rise and then cool off and sink again?

• Conduction

• Radiation

• Convection

• Evaporation

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Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Conductor

,

(b) Insulator

• Iron

• A substance that allows heat to flow easily

• Rubber

• Glass

• A substance that does NOT allow heat to flow easily

• Wood

• Gold

• Plastic

• Copper

• Silver

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

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Thermal energy (heat) always moves from a (1)_______ substance to a (2)_______ substance.

• (1) hot

  (2) cold

• (1) cold

  (2) hot

• (1) red

  (2) blue

• (1) blue

  (2) red

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

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