Heat and Calorimeter

What property of an object is related to the average kinetic energy of the particles in that object?

• specific heat

• mass

• conductivity

• temperature

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

As the temperature of an object rises, so does the

• kinetic energy

  of the object

• mass

  of the object

• thermal energy

  of the object

• potential energy of the object

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Thermal energy depends on an object's

• mass

• phase

  (solid, liquid, gas)

• temperature

• all of these

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

What does a calorimeter directly measure?

• change in temperature

• kinetic energy

• specific heat

• radiation

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NGSS.HS-PS3-4

_____ is the transfer of thermal energy because of a temperature change.

The transfer of thermal energy in matter with no overall transfer of matter is called _____.

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NGSS.MS-PS3-3

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

The type of thermal energy transfer that takes place in fluids is mostly _____.

The study of the conversion between heat and other forms of energy is called _____.

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NGSS.HS-PS3-4

Which statement is the best example of energy transfer by conduction?

• a pan heating up on the stove

• air in your room heated by moving air

• Earth being warmed by the Sun

• water coming to a rolling boil on the stove

In what direction does heat flow on its own spontaneously?

• from cold to hot

• from hot to cold

• from the more dense object to the less dense object

• from solid to liquid

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5