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Thermal Energy Vocabulary 2021

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

a number that summarizes a set of data and that can be computed by adding all the numbers in a list and then dividing by the number of numbers in the list

a)

infer

b)

kinetic energy

c)

pasteurize

d)

average

2.

a heating unit that stores and warms water

a)

transfer

b)

sample

c)

energy

d)

water heater

3.

when something becomes different over time

a)

change

b)

equilibrium

c)

matter

d)

collision

4.

to move from one object to another or one place to another

a)

stability

b)

transfer

c)

matter

d)

molecule

5.

the ability to make things move or change

a)

matter

b)

stability

c)

energy

d)

average

6.

the total kinetic energy of all the molecules that make up a sample

a)

molecule

b)

kinetic energy

c)

equilibrium

d)

thermal energy

7.

water that is underground

a)

ground water

b)

lake

c)

ocean

d)

temperature

8.

a measure of how hot or cold something is

a)

thermal energy

b)

temperature

c)

infer

d)

pasteurize

9.

the energy that an object has because it is moving

a)

collision

b)

water heater

c)

thermal energy

d)

kinetic energy

10.

a set of interacting parts forming a complex whole

a)

system

b)

transfer

c)

sample

d)

infer

11.

a group of atoms joined together in a particular way

a)

atoms family

b)

molecule

c)

bacteria

d)

system

12.

when something stays mostly the same over time

a)

pasteurize

b)

matter

c)

sample

d)

stability

13.

a small part that is meant to show what the whole is like

a)

system

b)

molecule

c)

infer

d)

sample

14.

tiny organisms that are made of a single cell

a)

bacteria

b)

virus

c)

kinetic energy

d)

matter

15.

the moment when two objects hit each other

a)

collision

b)

matter

c)

change

d)

transfer

16.

a balanced state in which a system is stable, such as when two or more samples are at the same temperature

a)

average

b)

collision

c)

equilibrium

d)

temperature

17.

to reach a conclusion using evidence and reasoning

a)

sample

b)

stability

c)

infer

d)

pasteurize

18.

anything that has mass and takes up space

a)

matter

b)

bacteria

c)

sample

d)

groundwater