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WorksheetsThermal Energy and Matter
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the transfer of thermal energy from one object to another because of a difference in temperature?
a)
heat
b)
temperature
c)
absolute zero
d)
thermal expansion
2.
What is a measure of how hot or cold an object is compared to a reference point?
a)
heat
b)
temperature
c)
absolute zero
d)
thermal expansion
3.
What is a temperature of 0 kelvins?
a)
heat
b)
temperature
c)
absolute zero
d)
thermal expansion
4.
What is the increase in volume of a material when its temperature increases?
a)
heat
b)
temperature
c)
absolute zero
d)
thermal expansion
5.
What is the amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of one gram of a material by one degree?
a)
calorimeter
b)
conduction
c)
specific heat
6.
What is the instrument used to measure thermal energy released or absorbed during a chemical or physical change?
a)
calorimeter
b)
conduction
c)
specific heat
7.
What is the transfer of thermal with no overall transfer of matter, within a material or between materials that are touching?
a)
calorimeter
b)
conduction
c)
specific heat
8.
What is a material that conducts thermal energy well?
a)
convection current
b)
thermal insulator
c)
convection
d)
thermal conductor
9.
What is a material that conducts thermal energy poorly?
a)
convection current
b)
thermal insulator
c)
convection
d)
thermal conductor
10.
What is the transfer of thermal energy when particles of a fluid move from one place to another?
a)
convection current
b)
thermal insulator
c)
convection
d)
thermal conductor
11.
What is the circulation of a fluid in a loop as the fluid alternately heats up and cools down?
a)
convection current
b)
thermal insulator
c)
convection
d)
thermal conductor
12.
What is the transfer of energy by waves moving through space?
a)
heat engine
b)
thermodynamics
c)
radiation
13.
What is the study of conversions between thermal energy and other forms of energy?
a)
heat engine
b)
thermodynamics
c)
radiation
14.
What is any device that converts thermal energy into work?
a)
heat engine
b)
thermodynamics
c)
radiation
15.
What is thermal energy discharged into an area at a lower temperature without being converted into useful work?
a)
external combustion engine
b)
waste heat
c)
internal combustion engine
16.
What is a heat engine in which the fuel burns outside the engine?
a)
external combustion engine
b)
waste heat
c)
internal combustion engine
17.
What is a heat engine in which fuel burns inside the engine?
a)
external combustion engine
b)
waste heat
c)
internal combustion engine
18.
What is a heating system that heats many rooms from one central location?
a)
central location system
b)
heat pump
c)
refrigerant
19.
What is a device that uses work to transfer thermal energy from a colder area to a warmer area?
a)
central heating system
b)
heat pump
c)
refrigerant
20.
What is a fluid that vaporizes and condenses inside the tubing of a heat pump?
a)
central heating system
b)
heat pump
c)
refrigerant
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