Exam 5: Atomic Physics

The piston of a cylinder containing a quantity of ideal gas is advanced so that the volume of the gas is decreased by one-half. A pressure gauge on the cylinder shows the pressure of the gas to have increased threefold in the process. By what factor does the temperature of the gas change?

The amount of heat necessary to change a liquid to a solid at constant temperature is the ______________.

On bare feet, a tile floor feels colder than a rug because the tile has a greater ______________.

On a winter day the temperature drops from -5°C to -15°C overnight. If a pan sitting outside contains 0.40 kg of ice, how much heat is removed from the ice for this temperature change?

What happens to a sample of water when its temperature is reduced between 4°C and 100°C?

Heat transfer from hot or cold liquids in a thermos bottle is prevented by ______________.

In measuring any temperature less than 500 Fahrenheit, which of the following scales will have the highest numeric reading?

Which of the following has the highest thermal conductivity?

How much heat is required to melt 5.0 kg of ice at 0°C to water at 0°C?

It is 23°F outside.a. What is the Celsius temperature? b. If this Fahrenheit temperature were doubled, what would the new Celsius temperature be?

The amount of heat necessary to change 1 kg of a solid into a liquid at the same temperature is called the

What happens to a sample of water when it is heated between 4°C and 100°C?

Use the following to answer questions : -The latent heat of fusion is the amount of energy per kilogram necessary to go from point ______________ to point ______________.

Which laboratory observation would most support the kinetic theory's assumption that molecules in a gas are widely separated?

A ______________ has a definite volume and assumes the shape of its container.

The number of molecules in a container is doubled and the Kelvin temperature doubled. The volume remains unchanged. The new pressure will be how many times greater than the original pressure?

At approximately what temperature does water have its greatest density?

The first law of thermodynamics states that heat added to a closed system can change the internal energy of the system and/or do ______________.

The energy involved in a phase change is called the

In a heat pump,