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Thermal Physics Flashcards

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1
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How is the speed of particles in a body distributed?

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Randomly

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How does the varying speed of particles in a body affect the kinetic energy?

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Kinetic energy is distributed randomly

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How is the average kinetic energy of the particles affected by the temperature?

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Higher temperature leads to higher average kinetic energy

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What is the internal energy of a body?

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The sum of the randomly-distributed kinetic and potential energies of all its particles

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What is a system?

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A group of bodies considered as a whole

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What is a closed system?

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One that doesn’t allow any transfer of matter in or out

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How does the internal energy of a system change if it’s not heated and no work is done?

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Constant

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8
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How is energy constantly transferred between particles in a system?

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Collisions between particles

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How can the internal energy of a system be changed?

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By heating it

By doing work (changing its shape)

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Does the internal energy of a substance change when it undergoes a change in state?

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Yes, it changes

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Does the kinetic energy of a substance change when it undergoes a change in state?

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No, it doesn’t change

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Does the potential energy of a substance change when it undergoes a change in state?

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Yes, it changes

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When happens to the potential energy and temperature when a liquid changes to a gas?

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The potential energy increases but the temperature stays the same

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Define specific heat capacity

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The amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of 1kg of the substance by 1K.

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What apparatus can be used to find the specific heat capacity?

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Continuous-Flow Calorimeter

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Describe a Continuous-Flow Calorimeter

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A steady rate of water flowing over a heating element, with two thermometers to measure temperature difference

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17
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Define specific latent heat (of fusion/vaporisation)

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The amount of thermal energy required to change the state of 1kg of a substance

18
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What is Boyle’s Law?

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(At a constant temperature) the pressure and volume of a gas are inversely proportional

19
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What is Charles’ Law?

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(At a constant pressure) the volume of a gas is directly proportional to its temperature (K)

20
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What is the Pressure Law?

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(At a constant volume) the pressure of a gas is directly proportional to its temperature (K)

21
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What is the molecular mass?

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The mass of one molecule of that gas

22
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What is molecular mass relative to?

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The mass of a carbon-12 atom

23
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What is the molar mass of a substance?

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The mass that one mole of that substance would have

24
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What is the Ideal Gas Equation?

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(pV)/T = constant

25
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What is the constant in the Ideal Gas Equation equal to?

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number of moles × molar gas constant (nR)

26
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what is the equation for work done in changing the volume of a gas at a constant pressure?

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work done = pΔV

27
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What is Newton’s Second Law?

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Force equals the rate of change of momentum

28
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How do you calculate the mean square speed of a particle?

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The average of the [squared speeds] of all the particles

29
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What is pressure equal to?

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Force ÷ area

30
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What are the Simplifying Assumptions used in Kinetic Theory?

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Molecules move randomly
Molecules follow Newton's Laws
Molecules move in straight lines
Collisions a perfectly elastic
Collision forces act much shorter than the time between them
31
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What do you call a gas that follows the Simplifying Assumptions in Kinetic Theory?

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Ideal Gas

32
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What temperature (C) is Absolute Zero?

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-273

33
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Are the Gas Laws empirical or theoretical?

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Empirical

34
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Is Kinetic Theory empirical or theoretical?

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Theoretical

35
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Describe Brownian motion

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Particles suspended in a fluid move with a “zig-zag”, random motion, due to collisions with fast, randomly-moving particles

36
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Give an example of Brownian motion

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Smoke in air

37
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What is the random motion of smoke in air evidence of?

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That the air is made up of tiny particles (atoms or molecules) moving quickly

38
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For which law is the pressure and volume of a gas inversely proportional?

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Boyle’s Law

39
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For which law is the volume of a gas directly proportional to its temperature (K)?

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Charles’ Law

40
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For which law is the pressure of a gas directly proportional to its temperature (K)?

A

Pressure Law

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