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Review Checklist - Sample Questions
Energy, Heat and Temperature
What is energy?
What is kinetic energy?
What is gravitational potential energy?
In what sense is mass energy?
What forms of energy do we consider to be internal energy?
What is thermal energy?
Does a pen at rest on a desk have kinetic energy? Potential energy? Mass energy?
Does a baseball in flight have kinetic energy? Potential energy? Mass energy?
If an object is placed somewhere at rest, will its energy depend on where it is placed?
When a ball drops from a height and speeds up, what kinds of energy are changing?
When a fast moving ball crashes through a window, what kinds of energy are changing?
[When wood burns into ashes and smoke, what kinds of energy change in the process?]
[How does the Sun produce all the energy we receive on Earth?]
If thermal energy is motion of particles, why is it different from kinetic energy?
What happens inside all types of matter when temperature rises?
Why does matter solidify when cooled down, and not when heated up?
What is the difference between temperature and heat?
What is the lowest possible temperature that can be reached?
Can an object be heated without it changing temperature?
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