Related Science Final

_ is used as the measurement for the specific gravity of gases.

• Nitrogen

• Methane

• Air

• Hydrogen

1 atmosphere of pressure (atm) is defined as _ psi and the mean sea level atmospheric pressure on Earth.

• 10

• 14.7

• 28.4

• 32.6

The _ of a substance is an indirect measure of the average kinetic energy of its molecules.

• pressure

• temperature

• weight

• mass

A _ has high compressibility.

• solid

• liquid

• gas

• plasma

The _ point is the temperature at which a substance changes from a solid to a liquid.

• defrost

• melting

• evaporation

• boiling

_ is when the substance continues to absorb or remove heat without a change in temperature until it has absorbed or removed enough heat to change state.

• Specific heat

• Intensity of heat

• Latent heat

• Sensible heat

A _ is used to measure the quantity of heat.

• slug

• joule

• British thermal unit (BTU)

• calorie (cal)

All substances do not have the same capacity for heat.

• True

• False

The operation of a cooling tower is an example of___.

• condensation

• flashing

• saturation

• evaporation

An example of _ is the formation of water on the outside of glass of ice water in summer.

• saturation

• vaporization

• superheated steam

• condensation