Heat vs Thermal Energy

Thermal energy is the __________ _________ energy of moving particles

• total potential

• average potential

• average kinetic

• total kinetic

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Temperature is a way we ____________ energy

• eat

• measure

• gain

• lose

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

For objects that have the SAME mass, which object will have a HIGHER thermal energy?

• the object with the higher temperature

• the object with the lower temperature

• the objects will have the same temperature

• the objects have no temperature

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

As the thermal energy of a substance increases, its particles spread out and the substance expands.

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Which of the following are kinds of heat transfer.

• Conduction
• Convection
• Radiation
• All of the above

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NGSS.MS-PS3-3

Radiation is the means by which the energy from the sun is transferred to Earth.

• true
• false

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The hot air that you see rising from the pavement on a hot summer day is an example of ___.

• thermal conduction
• thermal insulation
• convection
• radiation

Insulation is needed to prevent ___.

• the collapse of ceilings in homes
• the unwanted transfer of thermal energy into or out of a building
• the loss of thermal energy inside a building
• the gain of thermal energy inside a building

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NGSS.MS-PS3-3

Most substances ___ when they are cooled.

• contract
• expand
• stay the same 
• none of the above

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Which of these is NOT a kind of thermal energy transfer?

• conduction
• conversion
• convection
• radiation