Thermal Energy, Heat, Temperature and Specific Heat

At ___________________ the particles in an object have no kinetic energy.

• freezing point

• absolute zero

• thermal energy

• 38 degrees Fahrenheit

On the ____________ temperature scale, there are no negative numbers.

• Farenheit

• Kelvin

• Celsius

• Thermal Energy

The more particles an object has at a given temperature, the more thermal energy it has.

• True

• False

Object A is much larger than Object B, but both are made of the same material. If both objects are the same temperature, the thermal energy of Object A is...

• the same as object B

• less than object B

• greater than object B

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When heat is absorbed by an object, the speed of the particles in the object...

• is unchanged

• increases

• decreases

• goes up and down

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

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The transfer of thermal energy from a warmer object to a cooler object is called:

• temperature

• heat

• warming

• cooling

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What is a measure of the average kinetic energy of individual particles in an object?

• temperature

• heat

• thermal energy

• energy

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Most of the world uses the ___________ temperature scale.

• Farenheit

• Kelvin

• Celsius

• Thermal

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On the ________________ temperature scale, water boils at 212 degrees.

• Kelvin

• Fahrenheit

• Celsius

• Scientific

The amount of thermal energy in an object depends on its _____________________, the number of particles in it, and how those particles are arranged.

• temperature

• potential energy

• thermal energy

• heat

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