Internal energy
16.1What the syllabus asks of you
- understand that internal energy is determined by the state of the system and that it can be expressed as the sum of a random distribution of kinetic and potential energies associated with the molecules of a system
- relate a rise in temperature of an object to an increase in its internal energy
Read the notes first
Chapter 16: Internal energy
Drill this topic
All 12 questions on Internal energy, untimed — answer on paper, then mark yourself against the mark scheme.
Make a worksheet
Choose the years and how many questions, then print it with the answers on separate pages.
12 questions
These are structured questions, answered in working rather than by picking an option, so they are not listed here one by one. The drill above puts each in front of you with its mark scheme to check against.

