ThatQuiz Test Library Take this test now
PS CH 16 S1 & S2 Vocab Quiz
Contributed by: Conway
  • 1. the transfer of thermal energy from one object to another because of a difference in temperature
A) vaporization
B) temperature
C) heat
  • 2. a measure of how hot or cold an object is compared to a reference point
A) temperature
B) convection
C) heat
  • 3. a temperature of 0 kelvins
A) freezing temperature
B) absolute kelvin
C) absolute zero
  • 4. the increase in volume of a material when its temperature increases
A) thermal expansion
B) thermal growth
C) thermal pollination
  • 5. the amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of one gram of a material by one degree Celsius
A) heat of fusion
B) specific heat
C) heat of vaporiztion
  • 6. instrument used to measure thermal energy released or absorbed during a chemical or physical change
A) calorimeter
B) microscope
C) thermometer
  • 7. the transfer of thermal energy with no overall transfer of matter between materials that are touching
A) conduction
B) radiation
C) convection
  • 8. a material that conducts thermal energy well
A) thrmal neutralizer
B) thermal insulator
C) thermal conductor
  • 9. a material that conducts thermal energy poorly
A) thermal conductor
B) thermal neutralizer
C) thermal insulator
  • 10. the transfer of thermal energy when particles of a fluid move from one place to another
A) radiation
B) conduction
C) convection
  • 11. circulation of a fluid in a loop as the fluid alternately heats up and cools down
A) convection insulator
B) radiation
C) convection current
  • 12. the transfer of energy by waves moving through space
A) radiation
B) hallucination
C) oscillation
  • 13. the study of conversions between thermal energy and other forms of energy
A) thermodynamics
B) electrodynamics
C) hydrodynamics
  • 14. any device that converts thermal energy into work
A) energy machine
B) heat engine
C) heat pumper
  • 15. thermal energy discharged into an area at a lower temperature without being converted into useful work
A) waste heat
B) overflow heat
C) spoiled heat
Students who took this test also took :

Created with That Quiz — where test making and test taking are made easy for math and other subject areas.