Practice Thermal Properties Of Matter (10) - THERMAL PROPERTIES OF MATTER

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Question 1.
What is the standard unit of temperature?
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Think about the most common temperature scales used.
Question 2.
Define thermal expansion.
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What happens to materials when they get hot?
3Question 3.
What does the term 'specific heat capacity' refer to?
- A. Heat energy required to increase temperature
- B. Size of an object
- C. Speed of thermal transfer
- D. None of the above
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What does this term involve regarding temperature change?
4Question 4.
Is the process of conduction effective in vacuum?
- True
- False
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Think about how heat gets transferred in space.
Question 5.
A steel rod is 2 m long at 20 °C. Calculate its length at 100 °C given the coefficient of linear expansion is 1.2 × 10^-5 K–1.
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Be sure to calculate the change in temperature first.
Question 6.
If 500 g of water at 25 °C is heated, how much energy is required to raise its temperature to 75 °C?
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Calculate the change in temperature before using it in your calculations.

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