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Temperature is most closely related to molecular
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Which temperature scales have equal sized degrees?
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Celsius and Kelvin.
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Fahrenheit and Kelvin.
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Fahrenheit and Celsius.
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none of the above.
Pregunta 3
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Which temperature scale has the smallest sized degrees?
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Celsius
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Farenheit
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Kelvin
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none of the above
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A temperature difference of 10 Celsius degrees is also equal to a temperature difference of 10 on the
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Kelvin Scale.
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Fahrenheit Scale.
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both of these
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neither of these
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Room temperature on the Kelvin scale is about
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200 K.
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400 K.
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more thank 400 K.
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100 K.
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300 K.
Pregunta 6
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When you touch a cold piece of ice with your finger, energy flows
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When you touch a hot potato with your finger, energy flows
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Heat energy travels from an object with a high
Pregunta 9
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Heat energy is measured in units of
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calories.
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joules.
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both of these.
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neither of these.
Pregunta 10
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The amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1°C is
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4.19 calories.
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4.19 joules.
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4.19 Calories.
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none of the above
Pregunta 11
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Which unit represents the most energy?
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joule
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calorie
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Calorie
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all the same
Pregunta 12
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Pour a liter of water at 40°C into a liter of water at 20°C and the final temperature of the two becomes
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less than 30°C.
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at or about 30°C.
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more than 30°C.
Pregunta 13
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A substance with a high thermal inertia (resistance to temperature change) has a high
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Aluminum has a higher specific heat capacity than iron. This means that for equal masses of aluminum and iron, the metal that heats more quickly when the same amount of heat is applied is
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aluminum.
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iron.
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need more information
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Tomatoes have a higher specific heat capacity than dough. This means that when you bite into a hot pizza
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the dough feels hotter than the tomato sauce.
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since sauce and dough are at the same temperature, neither feels hotter.
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the tomato sauce feels hotter than the dough.
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A substance that cools down faster than others has a
Pregunta 17
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The fact that desert sand is very hot in the day and very cold at night is evidence that the specific heat capacity of sand is relatively
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practically absent.
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low.
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high.
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If the specific heat capacity of water were lower than it is, a nice hot bath would be a
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When most substances are heated, molecules inside move faster and take up more space, resulting in thermal
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contraction.
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heat.
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bending.
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expansion.
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When an iron ring is heated, the hole becomes
Pregunta 21
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As a piece of metal with a hole in it cools, the diameter of the hole
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decreases.
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increases.
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remains the same.
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Metals are good conductors of both heat and electricity due to
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both transferring energy easily.
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looseness of outer electrons in metal atoms.
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similar thermal and electrical conductive properties.
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relatively high densities of metals.
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high elasticity of metals.
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A good heat conductor is
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a poor insulator.
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a good insulator.
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neither of these.
Pregunta 24
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Which of these are good conductors?
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wood.
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feathers.
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snow.
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all of the above.
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none of the above.
Pregunta 25
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On a cold day your feet feel warmer on a rug than on a tile floor because a rug
Pregunta 26
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When you touch a nail stuck in ice, energy flows from
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the ice to your hand.
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your hand to the ice.
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both of these
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neither of these
Pregunta 27
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If a volume of air is warmed, it expands and tends to
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warm.
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cool.
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neither of these
Pregunta 28
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When a volume of air is compressed, air temperature
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increases.
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decreases.
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neither of these
Pregunta 29
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The form of heat transfer that doesn't depend on a medium is
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convection.
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conduction.
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radiation.
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all of the above.
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The higher the temperature of an object, the
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makes no difference in the wavelengths it radiates
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shorter the wavelengths it radiates.
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longer the wavelengths it radiates.
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If a pizza radiates more energy than it absorbs, its temperature
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decreases.
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increases.
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is unaffected.
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none of the above
Pregunta 32
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Glass in a florist's greenhouse acts as a one-way valve in that it
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lets light energy flow only in one direction.
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is transparent only to lower-frequency waves.
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cuts off unwanted radiation.
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allows sun's light waves in and blocks waves with longer wavelength to exit.