Physics 21-23
A change in temperature of 10°C is equal to a change of
10 K
Which would burn the most?
100 g of steam at 100 degrees C
The number of calories released when 3 grams of 100°C steam cools to become 3 grams of 0° ice is
2160 calories.
An air sample contains 25% of the amount of water vapor it is capable of holding. The air's relative humidity is
25%.
One thousand calories of heat are added to 150 grams of water when its temperature is 33°C. The resulting temperature of the water is
40°C
The energy needed to turn 43 grams of 100°C boiling water to 100°C steam is
43 540 calories.
Mix a liter of 70°C water with 2 liters of 40°C water and you'll have 3 liters of water at _____.
50°C
How much energy is released when 1 gram of steam condenses to water at 100°C?
540 calories
If you take a shower in a steamy bathroom and then go to your bedroom to dry off, why will you feel colder in your bedroom?
Because water evaporates off of your skin, your skin will be cooled.
Which temperature scale labels the freezing point of water at 0 degrees?
Celsius
A piece of metal will feel colder than a piece of wood at the same temperature. Why?
Metals are colder than wood.
Two pots are filled with boiling water. The pots are exactly the same size, but one pot is white and the other is black. Which pots cools faster?
The black pot.
Which has the higher specific heat capacity, water or sand?
Water
Which releases the most energy, 100 grams of 100°C water cooling to 50°C, or 100 grams of iron at 100°C cooling to 50°C? (The specific heat of iron is 0.12 cal/g°C.)
Water
A good absorber of radiation is
a good emitter of radiation.
A good reflector of radiation is
a poor absorber of radiation.
Evaporation is a cooling process and condensation is
a warming process
Temperature is related mostly to the _____.
average molecular kinetic energy in a substance
The energy content of a piece of food is normally determined by _____.
burning the food
Ice is put in a cooler to cool the food stored there. In order to speed up the cooling process, you should
crush the ice.
A bimetallic strip will bend when heated because _____.
each metal expands at different rates
A piece of paper wrapped around a thick metal bar will not ignite when touched with a lit match because
energy goes to the bar, preventing ignition temperature in the paper. the bar keeps the paper relatively cool. the bar is slow to heat up.
Heat is the _____.
energy transferred between objects because of a temperature difference
When water at 4 degrees C is heated, it expands. When water at 4 degrees C is cooled, it _____.
expands
Energy transfer by convection is primarily restricted to
fluids.
Condensation occurs when matter changes from a
gas to liquid
When water freezes, it
gives off energy
Steam burns are more damaging than burns caused by boiling water because
has more energy per kilogram than boiling water
In a florist's greenhouse, glass acts as a one-way valve, letting
high-frequency light in and preventing low-frequency radiation from escaping.
The largest extremes in temperature are usually experienced _____.
in the middle of a continent
Plastic foam is a good heat
insulator.
At high altitudes, the boiling point of water
is lower
A liquid boils when
it turns to vapor at the bottom of or in the liquid
Heat is measured in _____.
kilocalories joules calories
If the specific heat capacity of water were higher than it is, lakes would be
less likely to freeze
Evaporation takes place when matter changes from a
liquid to a gas.
The fact that desert sand is very hot in the day and very cold at night is evidence that sand has a _____.
low specific heat capacity
Specific heat capacity is related to the amount of internal energy _____.
needed to change the temperature of one gram of a substance one degree
Infrared radiation is a form of
radiant energy.
Heat travels from the sun to Earth by
radiation.
Planet Earth loses heat primarily by
radiation.
The metallic coating on the glass surfaces of a Thermos vacuum bottle reduces the amount of energy transferred by
radiation.
The reason pressure cookers cook food faster is that they
raise the cooking temperature of the food
The reason light-colored clothes help keep you cool in warm weather is that clothes of light color a.
reflect a lot of energy.
When water vapor condenses on the inside of a window, the window becomes
slightly warmer.
When heat is added to boiling water, the temperature of the boiling water
stays the same.
To say that evaporation is a cooling process means that when evaporation occurs,
the remaining liquid cools
On which day will the amount of water vapor in the air be greater, a summer day at 100% humidity or a winter day at 100% humidity?
the summer day
Newton's law of cooling says that the rate of cooling depends on
the temperature difference between an object and its surroundings.
Internal energy is the _____.
total amount of energy contained in an object
The cooling effect inside a refrigerator is produced by
vaporizing the refrigeration liquid.
When snow forms in clouds, the surrounding air
warms.
During a very cold winter, water pipes sometimes burst. The reason for this is
water expands when freezing
The reason an ocean's temperature doesn't vary much from one season to the next is that _____.
water has a high specific heat capacity
Firewalkers who walk barefoot on red-hot wooden coals depend on
wood's poor conductivity.