Thermal Energy Quiz Study Guide

What is kinetic energy?

• Energy that is stored

• A measure of the total energy contained in the particles of an object

• Energy of motion

• A measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in a substance

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What is potential energy?

• Energy that is stored

• A measure of the total energy contained in the particles of an object

• Energy of motion

• A measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in a substance

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What is thermal energy?

• Energy that is stored

• A measure of the total energy contained in the particles of an object

• Energy of motion

• A measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in a substance

What is temperature?

• Energy that is stored

• A measure of the total energy contained in the particles of an object

• Energy of motion

• A measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in a substance

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What is heat?

• Energy that is stored

• A measure of the total energy contained in the particles of an object

• Energy of motion

• Transfer of thermal energy from matter at a higher temperature to matter at a lower temperature

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What are particles?

• Atoms or molecules

• Energy of motion

• A measure of the total energy contained in the particles of an object

• A measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in a substance

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What is convection?

• Transfer of thermal energy through a fluid (liquid/gas) by up and down movements

• Direct transfer of thermal energy from one particle to another

• The transfer of thermal energy by waves through empty space (in between molecules)

• A material that does not allow thermal energy to travel through it easily

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What is conduction?

• Transfer of thermal energy through a fluid (liquid/gas) by up and down movements

• Direct transfer of thermal energy from one particle to another

• The transfer of thermal energy by waves through empty space (in between molecules)

• A material that does not allow thermal energy to travel through it easily

What is radiation?

• Transfer of thermal energy through a fluid (liquid/gas) by up and down movements

• Direct transfer of thermal energy from one particle to another

• The transfer of thermal energy by waves through empty space (in between molecules)

• A material that does not allow thermal energy to travel through it easily

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What is an insulator?

• A material that does not allow thermal energy to travel through it easily

• A material that allows thermal energy to travel through it easily

• Atoms or molecules

• Transfer of thermal energy through a fluid (liquid/gas) by up and down movements

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