Exam 5: Atomic Physics

A digital thermometer can make readings to the tenth of a degree at either the Celsius setting or the Fahrenheit setting. Which reading would be more precise?

A large calorie (Cal) is the amount of heat needed to change the temperature of one ______________ of water by one Celsius degree.

A temperature of degrees -95 Celsius is equivalent to _____ Kelvin.

When a material is found to have no definite volume and no definite shape, what is the phase of the material?

Which laboratory observation would most support the kinetic theory's assumption that gas molecules have little attraction for one another?

A temperature of -5 Kelvin is equivalent to _____ degrees Fahrenheit.

A temperature of 110 Kelvin is equivalent to _____ degrees Celsius.

The energy balance in a thermodynamic process is expressed in the ______________.

What happens to a sample of water when it is heated between 0°C and 4°C?

An ideal gas is confined to a container with an adjustable volume. If the number of molecules and the temperature are held constant, by what factor will the volume change when the pressure is quintupled?

Use the following to answer questions : -The substance is entirely a solid between points ______________ and ______________.

If the temperature of a quantity of ideal gas increases, then

A temperature of degrees 230 Celsius is equivalent to _____ degrees Fahrenheit.

Solids, liquids, and gases are called ______________ of matter.

A circular hole is drilled into an aluminum sheet. When the sheet is heated, the diameter of the hole will

The second law of thermodynamics forbids a heat engine to have thermal efficiency of ______________.

Below 4°C, water ______________ with decreasing temperature.

If the volume and the number of molecules remain constant for a gas, a temperature increase causes the pressure to ______________.

For every natural process, the entropy of the universe

A sample of gas has its number of molecules halved, its Kelvin temperature doubled, and its volume halved. What is the new pressure, relative to the original pressure?