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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Harnassing the Elements, Exploiting Heat, Nuclear Power, pp. 142-173.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the principle that states energy is neither created nor destroyed?
(a) The principle of energy gain.
(b) The principle of energy change.
(c) The principle of energy loss.
(d) The principle of the conservation of energy.

2. Under normal circumstances, what force(s) does a molecule possess?
(a) The force of electron splitting.
(b) An attracting force and a repelling force.
(c) The force of energy times matter.
(d) The force to overcome inertia.

3. What is the effort you put in combined with the distance over which the effort is done?
(a) Gravity.
(b) Work.
(c) Mendal's law.
(d) Rest.

4. What is the transfer of heat through infrared rays?
(a) Transmigration.
(b) Thermal radiation.
(c) Heat cannot transfer through infrared rays.
(d) Convection.

5. What causes increased heat in the process of conduction?
(a) Electronic transfers.
(b) Increased movement.
(c) Fission.
(d) Fusion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a first-class lever?

2. What does increasing heat do to molecules?

3. What do the double walls of a thermos enclose?

4. How does a zipper operate?

5. What is an object's weight divided by its volume?

(see the answer key)

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