Quiz 4

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1
What term refers to the relative measure of hotness and coldness?
Temperature
2
What term refers to the amount of heat necessary to change the temperature of 1 kg of a substance 1 degree Celsius?
Specific Heat
3
What term refers to the heat transfer involving molecular kinetic energy?
Conduction
4
How are the Sun’s rays transmitted to Earth?
Radiation
5
What term refers to the ability for a room to be heated by a fire in a fireplace?
Convection
6
What term refers to the energy involved in a phase change?
Latent Heat
7
What temperature scale has no negative readings?
Kelvin
8
What law states that energy in an isolated system remains constant?
Law of Conservation of Energy
9
What law of motion states that a pair acting on objects consists of two forces that are equal and in opposite directions?
Third Law of Motion
10
What term refers to the capacity to do work or vigorous activity?
Energy
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