Hold it Constant!
Name That Phase Change?
What's poppin'?
Macro/nano 😬
Who Knows Nancy?
100

What stays constant when we have a fixed wall?

What is volume?

100

When water is boiling, it is changing into this state of matter.

What is gas?

100

How many main kinds of corn are there?

What is 4?

100

On a macro/nano table, mass is related to ________.

What is total number of particles?

100

Who is Nancy's horse named after?

Who is her father?

200

What stays constant when you have a closed container?

What is mass?

200

What is the name of the phase change of water from liquid to gas (as described in the popcorn popping demo)?

What is vaporization?

200

What phase change causes popcorn to pop?

What is Vaporization (liquid to gas)

200

Decreasing the mass of the gas in a container has this effect on the # of collisions/sec/unit area.

What is decrease?

200

What class did Nancy teach before becoming a Cal Poly professor?

What is 8th grade science?

300

What stays constant when you have a flexible wall?

What is pressure?

300

Adding heat causes gas particles to do what?

What is increase in speed?

300

What is the outside of the corn called?

What is the hull?

300
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What is ↑?

300

Which Cal Poly professor is her neighbor? 

Who is Stamatis Vokos?

400

What stays constant when you have an open container?

What is pressure?

400

What type of energy is NOT increasing or decreasing during a phase change?

What is Kinetic Energy?

400
What is the white material that comes out of the popcorn kernel?
What is starch?
400
Temperature, average speed of particles, and ________ are always related in a macro/nano table.

What is oomph/collision?

400

Who did Nancy teach in prior years who came this quarter to talk in the Why I Teach series?

Who is Sharmin Eppley?

500

Would filling up a balloon with air be considered working with fixed or flexible wall?

What is flexible wall?

500

On a phase change diagram, as the temperature INCREASES, what TWO types of energy are increasing?

What is Kinetic Energy and Potential Energy?

500

What is the required amount of moisture inside the kernel in order for it to pop?

What is 13-14%?

500

In a closed container, if particles are removed, what happens to the # of collisions?

What is decrease?

500

Who is the best Cal Poly professor?

Who is Nancy Stauch?

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