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Temperature and Heat Vocab

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

_______is a measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in an object.

a)

Heat

b)

Specific Heat

c)

Temperature

d)

absolute zero

2.

______ is the increase in volume of a substance due to an increase in temperature.

a)

temperature scales

b)

thermal expansion

c)

thermal energy

d)

convection

3.

The lowest temperature on the Kelvin scale is 0K is called?

a)

temperature conversion

b)

Kelvin

c)

absolute zero

d)

temperature

4.

____ is the transfer of energy between objects that are at different temperature.

a)

heat

b)

energy

c)

work

d)

temperature

5.

____ is the total energy of the particles that make up a substance.

a)

same temperature

b)

thermal energy

c)

thermal expansion

d)

conduction

6.

____ is the transfer of thermal energy from one substance to another through direct contact.

a)

conduction

b)

insulator

c)

radiation

d)

thermal energy

7.

Substances that conduct thermal energy very well are called _____

a)

conductors

b)

insulators

c)

radiation

d)

convection

8.

Substances that do not conduct thermal energy very well are called ____.

a)

conductors

b)

insulators

c)

radiation

d)

thermal energy

9.

____ is the transfer of thermal energy by the movement of a liquid or a gas.

a)

convection

b)

conduction

c)

heat

d)

insulator

10.

___ is the transfer of energy through matter or space as electromagnetic waves.

a)

conduction

b)

convection

c)

insulator

d)

radiation

11.

___ is the amount of energy needed to change the temperature of 1 kg of a substance by 1C.

a)

absolute zero

b)

temperature

c)

specific heat capacity

d)

radiation