Thermal Energy Test

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What is the process called when thermal energy moves from a warmer object to a cooler object?

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Heat

Front

What is the term for the amount of thermal energy required to increase the temperature of a material by 1 degree C?

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Specific heat

Front

What do we call the cyclical up-and-down movement of fluids caused by differences in temperature?

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Convection current

Front

What is the sum of the kinetic energy and potential energy in an object's particles called?

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Thermal energy

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What does an object's temperature indicate about its particles?

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The kinetic energy of its particles.

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What is thermal energy?

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The total energy of all the particles in an object, including both kinetic and potential energy.

Front

What is specific heat capacity?

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The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 kg of a substance by 1 degree Celsius.

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What is thermal expansion?

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The increase in volume of a substance due to an increase in temperature.

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What is thermal contraction?

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The decrease in volume of a substance due to a decrease in temperature.

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What is the difference between heat and temperature?

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Heat is the transfer of thermal energy, while temperature is a measure of the average kinetic energy of particles.