Multiple-Choice Quiz: Heat vs. Temperature
Instructions: Choose the best answer for each question.
1. Which of the following best describes temperature?
a) The total amount of thermal energy in an object.
b) The transfer of thermal energy from a warmer to a cooler object.
c) A measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in a substance.
d) The feeling of hotness or coldness.
Correct Answer: c)
2. When you place a cold bottle of water on a table, and the table eventually feels colder, what
process of heat transfer is primarily occurring?
a) Convection
b) Radiation
c) Conduction
d) Evaporation
Correct Answer: c)
3. A large pot of boiling water and a small cup of boiling water both have the same __________, but
the large pot has more __________.
a) heat; temperature
b) temperature; heat
c) kinetic energy; potential energy
d) conduction; convection
Correct Answer: b)
4. Which of these Filipino scenarios is primarily an example of radiation?
a) Sweat drying on your skin under a fan.
b) A metal spoon getting hot in a bowl of soup.
c) Feeling the warmth from a bonfire.
d) Hot air rising from a stove.
Correct Answer: c)
5. During the melting of ice, even though heat is being continuously added, the temperature of the
ice-water mixture remains constant. This is because the added heat energy is used for:
a) Increasing the kinetic energy of the particles.
b) Changing the state (phase) of the substance from solid to liquid.
c) Decreasing the density of the water.
d) Causing the water to evaporate.
Correct Answer: b)