WorksheetsUnit 3.2 - Thermal Energy Vocabulary
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
1 - A space that contains little to no matter.
a)
Heat
b)
Vacuum
c)
Thermal Insulator
d)
Specific Heat
2.
2 - The transfer of thermal energy between materials because of collisions between particles.
a)
Convection
b)
Radiation
c)
Conduction
d)
Convection Current
3.
3 - A material through which thermal energy does not flow easily.
a)
Thermal Insulator
b)
Thermal Conductor
c)
Specific Heat
4.
4 - The transfer of thermal energy by the movement of particles from one part of a material to another.
a)
Kinetic Energy
b)
Potential Energy
c)
Convection
5.
5 - The increase in a material's volume when the temperature is increased.
a)
Thermal Contraction
b)
Thermal Expansion
c)
Temperature
6.
6 - The movement of fluids in a cycle because of convection.
a)
Heat
b)
Radiation
c)
Convection Current
7.
7 - Stored energy due to interactions between objects or particles.
a)
Potential Energy
b)
Kinetic Energy
c)
Mechanical Energy
8.
8 - A decrease in a material's volume when the temperature is decreased.
a)
Thermal Expansion
b)
Thermal Contraction
c)
Radiation
9.
9 - The movement of thermal energy from a warmer object to a cooler object.
a)
Heat
b)
Mechanical Energy
c)
Radiation
10.
10 - A material through which thermal energy flows easily.
a)
Temperature
b)
Kinetic Energy
c)
Thermal Conductor
11.
11 - States that energy can be transformed from one form into another or transferred from one region to another, but energy cannot be created or destroyed.
a)
Law of Conservation of Energy
b)
Mechanical Energy
c)
Friction
12.
12 - The sum of potential and kinetic energy in a system of objects.
a)
Specific Heat
b)
Mechanical Energy
c)
Conduction
13.
13 - Energy due to motion.
a)
Potential Energy
b)
Work
c)
Kinetic Energy
14.
14 - This represents the average kinetic energy of the particles that make up the material.
a)
Specific Heat
b)
Temperature
c)
Radiation
15.
15 - The transfer of thermal energy from one material to another by electromagnetic waves.
a)
Conduction
b)
Convection
c)
Radiation
16.
16 - The amount of thermal energy it takes to increase the temperature of 1 kg of material by 1℃.
a)
Specific Heat
b)
Radiation
c)
Temperature
100 %
