Homework 9- Objective 1
1. Fahrenheit, Celsius, and Kelvin are the three temperature scales.2. Thermal energy is the energy of heat. That is why heat has to do with thermal energy, and heat causes hot temperature and the particles moving.
3. Specific heat is the amount of energy needed to raise one gram of a substance by one degree Celsius.
4. An ice cube melts in your hand because the particles in an ice cube are not moving quickly because an ice cube is cold. The thermal energy from your hand makes the particles move faster in the ice cube and this causes it to melt.
5. Some things are better conductors of heat and heat travels through them a lot easier.
Citations:
http://www.freeessays.cc/db/32/mlo105.shtml
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_does_water_have_a_high_and_specific_heat_capacity
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100125182103AAM1DPs
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