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Chapter10 PS
Chapter 10 terms
Question | Answer |
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temperature | a measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in an object. |
temperature and an average | you measure an objects temperature, you measure the average kinetic energy of the particles in the object. |
Temperature is not determined by | how much of the substance you have |
thermal expansion | is the increase in volume of a substance due to an increase in temperature |
a thermometer | operates of the principal of thermal expansion |
bridges over rivers have joints because | the joints keep the bridge from buckling as a result of thermal expansion |
heat | is the transfer of energy between objects that are at different temperatures |
thermal energy | is the total energy of the particles that make up a substance |
thermal equilibrium |