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Unit 2: Thermal Expansion

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The liquid in a thermometer (a)   as the temperature increases.

Choose from the below words
expands
disappears
freezes
explodes
2.

Many objects, such as train tracks and road joints, are specifically designed to allow extra space for (a)  

Choose from the below words
thermal energy
specific heat
thermal expansion
conductors
3.
What happens to air particles when they are heated?
a)
Particles move faster and expand
b)
Particles move faster and become closer together.
c)
Particles move slower and the air expands
d)
Particles move faster become further apart
4.

The picture shows a bimetallic strip in a fire alarm. When there is a fire outbreak, the bimetallic strip will get hot, ....

a)

bend downwards, complete the circuit and the alarm rings.

b)

bend upwards, open the circuit and the alarm will not ring.

c)

becomes longer, open the circuit and the alarm will not ring.

5.

What is Thermal Contraction

a)

The movement of particles.

b)

A decrease in a materials volume when its temperature decreases

c)

The movement of fluids in a cycle because of convection

d)

A material through which thermal energy does not flow easily.

6.
When objects contract upon cooling...
a)
volume increases and density increases.
b)
volume increases and density decreases.
c)
volume decreases and density decreases.
d)
volume decreases and density increases.
7.

What would happen to the pressure of a gas which is heated at constant volume?

a)

Its pressure would remain same

b)

Its pressure would increase

c)

Its pressure would decrease

8.

Assuming that the thermal energy supplied to each of them is same, which of following states of matter would expand the least? (a)  

Choose from the below words
Solid
Liquid
Gas
9.

(a)   is a measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in a material.

Choose from the below words
thermal
friction
temperature
expansion
10.

The most common temperature scale used in the world where water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees is called the (a)   scale.

Choose from the below words
Celsius
Fahrenheit
Pound
Kelvin
11.
The most common temperature scale used in the physical sciences where temperatures are 273 degrees more than temperatures on the Celsius scale is called the _______________ scale.
a)
Fahrenheit
b)
Kelvin
c)
Pound
d)
Celsius
12.
Thermal energy stops moving when the objects have the same temperature.
a)
True
b)
False
13.
Thermal energy keeps moving away from warmer objects to cooler objects until both are the same temperature.
a)
True
b)
False
14.

No more energy can be removed from matter at

a)

its freezing point

b)

0°C

c)

absolute zero

d)

273 K

15.

The total energy of all the particles in a substance is called

a)

temperature

b)

thermal energy

c)

degrees

d)

mass

16.

Heat is transferred from one particle of matter to another without the actual movement of matter in a process called (a)  

Choose from the below words
conduction
convection
radiation
insulation
17.

A material that does NOT conduct heat well is called a(n)

a)

insulator

b)

conductor

c)

metal

d)

radiator

18.

Heated air moves from baseboard heaters to the rest of a room in a process called

a)

conduction

b)

convection

c)

radiation

d)

insulation

19.

As thermal energy increases, kinetic energy...

a)

Increases

b)

Decreases

c)

Remains the same

20.

Materials such as metal and wire are good (a)   because heat can easily transfer through them

Choose from the below words
Conductors
Insulators