What is the measure of average kinetic energy of the particles in an object.
100
Define melting, is heat released or absorbed?
What is to change from a solid to a liquid, heat is absorbed.
100
Define the Law of Conservation of energy.
What is the law that states matter can not be created or destroyed, only transformed from one form to another.
100
What are the steps to the scientific method in order
What is making an observation, research, hypothesis, experiment, analyze data and draw a conclusion, communicate results.
200
Give an example of one good and bad insulator.
What is cotton and steel.
200
Define work.
What is the amount of energy used as a force that moves an object over a distance.
200
Define condensation. Is heat released or absorbed?
What is changing from a gas to liquid, heat is released.
200
Define Thermal Equilibrium.
What is the process by which heat is transferred between objects until they reach the same temperature.
200
What is life science?
What is the branch of science that deals with living organisms and the life process
300
Give an example of one good and one bad conductor.
What is gold and wood.
300
Define heat.
What is the movement of thermal energy from a region of higher temperature to a region of lower temperature.
300
Define vaporization. Is heat released or absorbed?
What is changing from a liquid to a gas, heat is absorbed.
300
Give an example of thermal equilibrium.
What is setting out a glass of hot chocolate and cold milk on the counter and forgetting about them, then later finding them at the same temperature.
300
What is Earth science?
What is the branch of science that deals with the physical make up of Earth and it's atmosphere.
400
Define a good insulator.
What is a material that traps and resists heat from easily transferring.
400
What is the difference between conduction and convection?
What is conduction is transfer of heat through collision of particles(direct contact), convection is the transfer of heat by the movement of particles from one part of a material to another.(circulation of air)
400
What is sublimation? Is heat released or absorbed?
What is the change from a solid to a gas, heat is absorbed.
400
Define thermal expansion.
What is the tendency in matter to change shape, area, and volume due to change in temperature, through heat transfer.
400
What is physical science?
What is the branch of science that deals with the study of physics, chemistry, astronomy, and related objects.
500
Define a good conductor.
What is a material that easily transfers heat.
500
What is radiation? Give an example.
What is the transfer of thermal energy by electromagnetic waves. For example, sitting by the fireplace to get warm.
500
What is deposition? Is heat released or absorbed?
What is the change from a gas to a solid, heat is released.
500
What is the one substance that does not follow thermal equilibrium?