Practice - THERMAL PROPERTIES OF MATTER
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Practice Questions
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What is the standard unit of temperature?
💡 Hint: Think about the most common temperature scales used.
Define thermal expansion.
💡 Hint: What happens to materials when they get hot?
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Interactive Quizzes
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What does the term 'specific heat capacity' refer to?
💡 Hint: What does this term involve regarding temperature change?
Is the process of conduction effective in vacuum?
💡 Hint: Think about how heat gets transferred in space.
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Challenge Problems
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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.
💡 Hint: Be sure to calculate the change in temperature first.
If 500 g of water at 25 °C is heated, how much energy is required to raise its temperature to 75 °C?
💡 Hint: Calculate the change in temperature before using it in your calculations.
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