Temperature and Heat

All substances will expand equally with the same change in temperature.

• True

• False

• Neither

• Either true or false

During warm days, you cool yourself by damping your skin with a wet towel. Which of the following takes place?

• Your skin absorbs the coldness of the water.

• Your skin releases energy when water from your skin evaporates.

• The temperature of your skin increases as water evaporates from your skin.

• The temperature of the water on your skin decreases as it evaporates.

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What happens to the surface of the water when the rate of evaporation is greater?

• It becomes cooler.

• It absorbs less energy.

• It becomes more massive.

• It absorbs greater energy.

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Which of the following happens when ice changes into a liquid at 0 ºC?

• The molecules move slower than before.

• The temperature of the substance increases.

• The potential energy of the molecules increases.

• The average movement of the molecules increases.

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Which of the following is NOT a unit of temperature?

• Calorie

• Celsius

• Fahrenheit

• Kelvin

The normal body temperature is 37 ºC. What is this in Fahrenheit?

• A. 32 ºF

• B. 99 ºF

• C. 212 ºF

• D. 373 ºF

The temperature of a substance increases as___.

• the substance expands

• the average kinetic energy of its particles increases

• the substance's volume increases

• the substance's mass increases

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Which of the following statements about thermal energy is true?

• As you hold a cup of hot water your hands cool the water.

• As you hold a glass of cold milk, the cold travels to your hand.

• As you hold a cup of cold milk, your hand cools the milk.

• As you hold a cup of hot water, the heat moves to your hand.

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A measure of the average kinetic energy of the individual particles in an object is called:

• thermal energy

• conduction

• convection

• temperature

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What tool do we use to measure temperature?

• Thermometer

• Ruler

• Balance

• Magnifying Glass