Let’s see how much you’ve picked up with these experiments and the reading – answer as best as you can. (No peeking at the answers until you’re done!) Just relax and see what jumps to mind when you read the question. You can also print these out and jot down your answers in your science notebook.
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1. What is thermal energy?
2. What does temperature measure?
3. What are the three different scales used to measure temperature?
4. What is absolute zero?
5. If something is hot, what are its molecules doing?
6. In our “Spread It Around” experiment why did the food coloring spread out faster in the hot bowl than in the cold bowl?
7. In which parts of your body do you have your thermal energy antenna?
8. What are the four states of matter (ignoring BEC)?
9. Which states have no bonds between the molecules?
10. Which state has bonds that hold the molecules in a tight matrix?
11. As the temperature increases, what happens to the bonds that allow a substance to go from solid to liquid?
12. What happens to the bonds as a substance reaches its boiling point?
13. What happens to the bonds as a substance reaches its freezing point?
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