Thermal Energy

When you leave your cold drink outside, the glass may have water drops on it.  This is an example of...

• condensation
• evaporation
• precipitation
• estuary

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Two students were studying properties of water.  One student placed a cup of 100ml of water into a beaker on a burner to boil.  Another student placed an identical cup containing 200ml  of water in an identical beaker on another burner to boil.  Which of the following will be the same for both cups of water?

• the temperature at which the water boils
• the mass of the boiling water
• the time it takes the water to boil
• the volume of the boiling water

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Which form of energy causes water to boil?

• sound energy
• mechanical energy
• thermal energy
• light energy

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Which change is happening to the water?

• it is changing from a liquid to a gas
• it is changing from a liquid to a solid
• it is changing from a solid to a gas
• it is changing from a gas to a liquid

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Which process does the diagram show?

• freezing
• boiling
• evaporation
• melting

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The change of state from a solid to a liquid is called ______.

• Freezing
• Boiling
• Melting

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If a door was left open between the bedroom (74 degrees) and the living room (68 degrees), what would likely happen to the temperatures after several hours?

• nothing, they would not change

• both rooms would become hotter 

• both room would become colder

• the bedroom temp. would lower and the living room temp. would rise

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If an insulator is doing it's job well, the temperature of an object over time should...

• rise slowly

• lower quickly

• show very little change

• rise quickly

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Hot things have ____________ thermal energy than cold things

• more

• less

• same

• potato

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Objects with MORE MASS have______________

• lower potential energy

• lower number of atoms

• higher thermal energy

• higher temperature

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