Thermal Energy and Heat

When you touch something that feels cold, 

• heat from your hand moves into the cold substance.

• coldness moves from the cold substance into your hand.

• it melts.

• it freezes.

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-3

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Which sentence explains why a cold metal spoon placed in a pot of boiling water becomes hot?

• Thermal energy is transferred from the spoon to the water.

• Thermal energy is transferred from the water to the spoon.

• Thermal energy in the water is transformed into kinetic energy in the spoon.

• Thermal energy in the spoon is transformed into kinetic energy in the water.

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NGSS.MS-PS3-5

In this example, explain the movement of thermal energy in the glass.

• Heat is moving from the lemonade to the glass

• Heat is moving from the lemonade to the ice

• Cold is moving from the ice to the lemonade

• Cold is moving from the ice to the glass

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Thermal energy comes from the ______ energy of the atoms and molecules that make up the matter.

• Chemical

• Electrical

• Kinetic

• Nuclear

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

What happens to an object as its thermal energy increases?

• It heats up.

• It cools down.

• It doesn't change.

• It might freeze.

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Temperature measures the ______ kinetic energy of the atoms in a substance.

• average

• maximum

• minimum

• total

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

A substance might freeze when thermal energy is ______ the substance.

• added to

• removed from

• created in

• destroyed in

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

The transfer of thermal energy from one object to another is called _________.

• heat

• temperature

• radiation

• potential

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-3

________ describes the motion energy of particles.

• Heat

• Temperature

• Thermal energy

• Potential energy

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

_________ is the transfer of thermal energy that causes a metal spoon in hot liquid to get hot.

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

• Heat