Defining Heat

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• Why does Earth lose heat mainly by radiation?
• Heat flow is normally from a high temperature toward a low temperature region. How do you manage to cool your body on a July day when the temperature is 102 F (compared to 98.6 F normal body temperature)?
• If you heat a uniform metal plate with a hole in it, will the hole get larger or smaller?
• What is the difference between evaporation and boiling?
• If you have a cup of coffee which is too hot to drink, should you add cream to it immediately to cool it or let it stay black and sit for a while before adding cream? The object is to get it cool enough to drink in the shortest possible time.
• If you have steel and wood at 0 °C, which feels colder? If you have steel and wood at 100 °C, which feels hotter?
• Substances that don’t conduct heat are known as what?
• How is it that you can have both water and ice at 0 °C and both water and steam at 100 °C?
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• What is the heat capacity of water?
• What is heat in terms of molecular behavior?
• How are heat and temperature related?
• How does the kinetic theory of matter define heat?
• What are some examples that show heat transfer?
• What is the relationship between temperature, heat, and kinetic energy?
• How does heat work in the refrigeration cycle?
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• A thermopane window consists of 2 glass panes,each 0.5cm thick,with 1cm thick sealed layer of air in between. Inside 23°C outside 0°C. Determine the rate of energy transfer through 1m² of the window?
• If you stand ten feet away from a large campfire, heat is transferred to your skin. How does this happen?
• You place an empty pan directly on top of a stove burner, and turn on the burner. Soon, the temperature of the pan increases. How is heat transferred from the burner to the pan?
• What type of heat transfer helps the balloon rise?
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• What are the three types of heat transfer?
• How is heat transferred through empty space?
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• What type of radiation transmits heat energy?
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• 1. Identify as conduction, convection, or radiation? A. In a swimming pool, the water near the surface is slightly warmer. The warm water rises because of ….. B. A chair is placed several feet from a fire in a fireplace. The fireplace has a glass screen.
• Explain the difference between conductor and insulators. Give at least 3 examples of each?
• One example of the differences between heat and temperature?
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