3.6 - Practical Applications of Heat
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Practice Questions
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What is a thermometer used for?
💡 Hint: Think about temperature changes.
Define melting point.
💡 Hint: What happens to ice at 0°C?
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What is the function of a thermometer?
💡 Hint: Think about what liquids do when they heat up.
True or False: The melting point is where a liquid turns into a solid.
💡 Hint: What happens to ice?
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A student uses a calorimeter to determine the heat of fusion for ice. If they find that it takes 334 joules to melt 1 g of ice at 0°C, how much heat would be required to melt 200 g of ice?
💡 Hint: Don’t forget to multiply the heat required per gram by the total grams.
A thermometer reads -15°C outside. If the temperature rises by 25 degrees in a few hours, what is the new temperature reading?
💡 Hint: Remember to add or subtract temperatures correctly.
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