Thermal Energy VOCAB Quiz

What is conduction?

• The transfer of thermal energy through currents in liquids and gases

• The transfer of thermal energy between objects in direct contact with each other

• The energy resulting from the motion of particles

• The transfer of thermal energy from a light source to an object

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Which of the following describes convection?

• The transfer of thermal energy between objects in direct contact

• The transfer of thermal energy through currents in liquids and gases

• The energy resulting from the motion of particles

• The transfer of thermal energy from a light source to an object

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What is radiation in terms of thermal energy?

• The transfer of thermal energy through currents in liquids and gases

• The energy resulting from the motion of particles

• The transfer of thermal energy between objects in direct contact

• The transfer of thermal energy from a light source to an object

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What is thermal energy?

• Energy resulting from the motion of particles measured as the temperature of substances

• The transfer of thermal energy between objects in direct contact

• The transfer of thermal energy from a light source to an object

• The transfer of thermal energy through currents in liquids and gases

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What does thermal equilibrium mean?

• The transfer of thermal energy from a light source to an object

• The transfer of thermal energy through currents in liquids and gases

• The transfer of thermal energy between objects in direct contact

• Two substances in the same system exchange no thermal energy and are at the same temperature

What is energy transfer?

• The transfer of thermal energy from a light source to an object

• The transfer of thermal energy through currents in liquids and gases

• The transfer of thermal energy between objects in direct contact

• The relocation of energy from one place to another, usually in a different form

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What is kinetic energy?

• The transfer of thermal energy through currents in liquids and gases

• The transfer of thermal energy between objects in direct contact

• A form of energy that an object or a particle has by reason of its motion

• The transfer of thermal energy from a light source to an object

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What is a medium in terms of energy transfer?

• A substance that makes possible the transfer of energy from one location to another, especially through waves

• The transfer of thermal energy between objects in direct contact

• The transfer of thermal energy through currents in liquids and gases

• The transfer of thermal energy from a light source to an object

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What are molecules?

• A group of two or more atoms that form the smallest identifiable unit into which a pure substance can be divided

• The transfer of thermal energy from a light source to an object

• The transfer of thermal energy through currents in liquids and gases

• The transfer of thermal energy between objects in direct contact

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What is temperature a measure of?

• The transfer of thermal energy from a light source to an object

• The transfer of thermal energy through currents in liquids and gases

• The transfer of thermal energy between objects in direct contact

• The average kinetic energy of the particles in matter

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