Chapter Review Questions

Water has a specific heat of 4184 J/KgºC. Wood has a specific heat of 1760 J/KgºC. What material needs more energy to raise the temperature 1ºC

• Wood

• Water

• Both are the same

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What would be the effect on the particles if more heat is supplied to the system?

• They would slow down
• They would stop moving
• They would speed up
• There would be no effect

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Water molecules have the greatest kinetic energy in

• Ice at 0 ⁰C

• Water at 90 ⁰C

• Water at 373 K

• Steam at 150 ⁰C

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Which of the following best explains why the sand at the beach is hotter than the water?

• Sand has a higher specific heat than water.

• Sand has a lower specific heat than water.

• There is more water than sand at the beach.

• There is more sand than water at the beach.

As the kinetic energy of the molecules in a substance increases, the temperature of the substance __________.

• increases
• decreases

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A high specific heat means...

• It heats up quickly with energy added
• It requires more energy to change temperature

What is temperature?

• The measure of coldness
• The measure of the kinetic energy or movement of atoms.
• The space an object takes.

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The warm air from this heater creates a current when the warm air rises and the cold air sinks. This is an example of what type of heat transfer?

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

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When the temperature of matter increases the particles...

• speed up and move closer
• speed up and move farther apart
• slow down and move closer together
• slow down and move farther apart

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Heat always moves from an object of __________ temperature to an object of _________ temperature.

• moderate, high
• higher, lower
• lower, higher
• zero, high

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