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What is the total amount of kinetic energy from the particles in a substance called?
a) thermal energy
b) temperature
c) heat capacity
d) heat

What determines the amount of energy a substance needs to absorb to increase its temperature?
a) thermal energy
b) temperature
c) heat capacity
d) heat

What is the average kinetic energy of the particles in a substance called?
a) thermal energy
b) temperature
c) heat capacity
d) heat

What is the flow of energy from an object at a higher temperature to an object at a lower temperature called?
a) thermal energy
b) temperature
c) heat capacity
d) heat

How is specific heat related to a change in temperature?
a) the greater a substance's heat capacity, the more energy is required to raise that substances temperature
b) the greater a substance's heat capacity, the less energy is required to raise that substances temperature
c) the lower a substance's heat capacity, the more energy is required to raise that substances temperature
d) there is no relationship

How does an object’s thermal energy depend on its mass?
a) the less mass, the more thermal energy
b) the more mass, the more thermal energy
c)
d)

How does the mass of an object affect the change in the temperature of an object?
a) Less mass = lower change in temperature
b) More mass = more change in temperature
c) Less mass = more change in temperature
d) There is no relationship.

If you put a metal spoon and a wooden spoon into a pot of boiling water, one will become too hot to touch. Why?
a) Wood conducts heat better than metals.
b) Metals pull in heat because heat is attracted to metals
c) Wood isn’t as strong as metals.
d) Metals conduct heat better than wood.

When the temperature of a substance increases, the molecules do all of the following except:
a) speed up
b) slow down
c) gain energy
d) spread apart

When the temperature of a substance decreases, the molecules do all of the following except:
a) move closer together
b) slow down
c) spread apart
d) move slower

When does the flow of heat stop between 2 substances?
a) When they both get cold
b) when they reach the same temperature (thermal equilibrium)
c) it never stops
d)

Materials that transfer energy easily are called:
a) conductors
b) insulators
c)
d)

Materials that transfer energy slowly are called:
a) conductors
b) insulators
c)
d)

A substance with more mass, will heat up/cool down __________ than a substance with less mass.
a) faster
b) slower
c)
d)

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