Physics 1408

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Question 1. The three most common ways in which heat is transferred include:

Channeling

Conduction

UPS

Convection

FED-EX

Radiation

 

 

Question 2. In order to keep hot things hot and cold things cold, a good thermos bottle makes use of three of the following:

Vacuum inside a glass envelope

Insulation

Compressed air

Greenhouse effect

Silvered surfaces

Expansion of a gas

 

 

Question 3. The process whereby a liquid passes to gas phase at the surface of the liquid is called .

 

 

Question 4. The process whereby a liquid passes to gas phase throughout the liquid is called .

 

 

Question 5. At high elevations water boils at a temperature that is than 100°C.

 

 

Question 6. The amount of heat required to change 1 g of ice at 0 °C into 1 g of water at 0 °C is .

 

 

Question 7. The amount of heat required to change 1 g of water at 100 °C into 1 g of steam at 100 °C is .

 

 

Question 8. Temperature is a measure of the average of the molecules that make up a given substance.

 

 

Question 9. Heat spontaneously flows from to .

 

 

Question 10. Of the three temperature scales that we have discussed in class, only the scale is absolute.

 

 

Question 11. A calorie is the amount of heat necessary to raise the temperature of 1 gram of liquid water by  °C.

 

 

Question 12. A "large" Calorie is equal to 1000 "small" calories. The energy value of food is listed in .

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