Santa Monica High School Physics



Temperature and Heat

Standards:

3. Energy cannot be created or destroyed, although in many processes energy is transferred to the environment as heat. As a basis for understanding this concept:

a. Students know heat flow and work are two forms of energy transfer between systems.

c. Students know the internal energy of an object includes the energy of random motion of the object’s atoms and molecules, often referred to as thermal energy. The greater the temperature of the object, the greater the energy of motion of the atoms and molecules that make up the object.

Equations:

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1. Is the following sentence true or false? There is no limit to how cold an object can get.

2. Define absolute zero.

3. Circle the letter of each statement about a substance near absolute zero that is true. (Hint: there may be more than one correct choice)

a. The thermal motion of its atoms approaches zero.

b. The kinetic energy of its atoms approaches zero.

c. A considerable amount of energy can still be removed from the substance.

d. Its temperature can still be significantly lowered.

4. Is the following sentence true or false? Negative Kelvin temperature values do not exist.

5. Circle the letter that describes how the size of one Celsius degree and one Kelvin are related.

a. They are equal.

b. Celsius degrees are smaller.

c. Celsius degrees are larger.

d. They have no consistent relationship.

Match each term or description to its Kelvin temperature.

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9. Is the following sentence true or false? The flow of heat is not directly related to the flow of energy.

10. Define temperature.

11. What is the relationship between the temperature of a substance and the rate of motion of its molecules?

12. Suppose you have a 2-liter pot of boiling water, and you pour out 1 liter of the water. Explain whether the average kinetic energy and temperature of the water in the pot has changed.

13. Define heat.

14. Describe the spontaneous energy transfer that occurs when you touch a cube of ice.

15. Is the following sentence true or false? A cup of hot water contains more heat than a cup of cold water.

(** If the statement is false, what word might you change to make the statement true?)

16. Explain the meanings of the terms thermal energy and internal energy.

17. Define thermal contact.

18. When two substances of different temperature are in thermal contact, heat flows from the _________________ substance into the __________________ substance.

19. Is the following sentence true or false? Heat never flows on its own from a cooler substance into a hotter substance.

20 After objects in thermal contact with each other reach the same temperature, the objects are in _____________________ _______________________.

21. Suppose you place a pot with 1 cup of water and an identical pot with 2 cups of water on a hot stove for the same amount of time. Circle the letters beside the sentences that correctly describe what happens.

a. More heat is added to the pot with 2 cups of water.

b. The same amount of heat is added to both pots.

c. The temperature of the pot with 1 cup of water increases more.

d. The temperature increase of both pots is the same.

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