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Energy
Lesson 1: Thermal Energy, Heat and Temperature
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is thermal energy? | The total kinetic and potential energy of all particles in an object. |
| What is heat? | The energy that is transferred from a warmer object to a cooler object. |
| What is the difference between thermal energy and heat? | Thermal energy is the total energy of all the particles in a substance. Heat energy is energy that is tranferred. |
| What is temperature? | How hot or cold something is. |
| What is absolute value? | The lowest temperature possible. |
| What two factors determine how much thermal energy something has? | Mass and temperature. |
| What would happen to particles at absolute zero? | All motion of parrticles would stop completely. |