Thermal Energy

Thermal Energy

6th - 8th Grade

17 Qs

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Thermal Energy

Thermal Energy

Assessment

Quiz

Science

6th - 8th Grade

Practice Problem

Medium

NGSS
MS-PS1-4, MS-PS3-4, MS-ESS2-5

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Standards-aligned

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How does air travel?
they don't travel
hot to cold
cold to hot
All of the above

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the difference between heat and temperature?    
a.  Temperature measures the motion of molecules, and heat is the energy of that motion
b.  Temperature is measured by a thermometer, and heat is measured by a barometer
c.  Heat is measured in calories, and temperature is measured in joules
d.  Heat is caused by the sun, and temperature is caused by conditions in the atmosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why is there more thermal energy in an iceberg than in a pot of boiling water?    
a.  The pot insulates the heated molecules
b.  Most icebergs are fairly warm to the touch
  c.  Icebergs contain many more molecules than pots of water
  d.  Water does not hold heat very well

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Kinetic Energy is the energy of _________

thermal

movement

potential

atoms

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Thermal energy is the __________ _________ energy of moving particles

total potential

average potential

average kinetic

total kinetic

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Temperature is the __________ _________ energy of moving particles

average potential

average kinetic

total potential

total kinetic

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Objects with MORE MASS have______________

lower potential energy

lower number of atoms

higher thermal energy

higher temperature

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-2

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