Properties of Heat

A material with a(n) ___________ specific heat can absorb a great deal of thermal energy without a great change in temperature.

• High

• Low

As the thermal energy of matter ___________, its particles usually spread out.

• increases

• decreases

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

If two objects of the same mass require different amounts of heat to raise their temperature 10 kelvin, the objects have different ______________.

• specific heats

• thermal expansions

To keep food warm or cool, coolers are made out of materials that are _________________.

• insulators

• conductors

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NGSS.MS-PS3-3

Water has a specific heat of 4,186 J/(kg.K).  To raise the temperature of a bathtub of water (220 kg) by 3 kelvin, it takes _____________ Joules of energy.

• 2,762,760
• 2,672,700

Specific heat is measured in joules.

• True
• False

Most metals are good conductors of heat.

• True
• False

The amount of energy required to raise 1 kg of material by 1 kelvin is called specific heat.

• True
• False

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NGSS.HS-PS3-4

On a hot summer day, a metal door in a wood frame may stick and be hard to open due to specific heat. 

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Insulators do not conduct heat well.

• True 
• False

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NGSS.MS-PS3-3