8.4 - Thermal Expansion
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Practice Questions
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What is thermal expansion?
💡 Hint: Think about how heating affects materials.
Name one real-life example of thermal expansion.
💡 Hint: Think of structures affected by temperature changes.
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What is thermal expansion?
💡 Hint: Think about how materials behave when they get hot.
True or False: Thermal expansion only occurs in solids.
💡 Hint: Consider all states of matter.
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A metal rod of length 1.5 m expands at a rate of 0.002 m per °C. How much will it expand if the temperature increases by 60°C?
💡 Hint: Use the linear expansion formula.
In a sealed container of gas, if the temperature doubles, what happens to the volume of the gas assuming pressure remains constant? Explain your reasoning.
💡 Hint: Think back to gas laws and their relation to temperature and volume.
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