Definitions

Question 1

define evaporation

Answer 1

change of state of a liquid to gas that can happen at any temperature from the surface of a liquid

Question 2

define thermal capacity

Answer 2

it is the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of that object by 1℃

Question 3

define specific heat capacity

Answer 3

is the amount of thermal energy required the temperature by 1kg of that substance by 1℃

Question 4

define latent heat

Answer 4

Latent Heat is the energy required to change the state of a substance

Question 5

define latent of vapourisation

Answer 5

Latent Heat of Vaporisation is the energy required to turn a liquid into a gas

Question 6

define latent heat of fusion

Answer 6

Latent Heat of Fusion is the energy required to turn a solid into a liquid

Question 7

define specific latent heat

Answer 7

The Specific Latent Heat, L, of a substance is the energy required to change the state of 1 kg of that substance