SI Units
What is the unit for distance?
meter
What is a better thermal conductor: aluminum or rubber?
aluminum
What is a Dependant Variable?
The variable that you are measuring
What is a particle?
A small piece of a larger object.
What is the unit abbreviation of liter?
L
What is the unit abbreviation of Joule?
J
What is Thermal Conductivity?
How well can heat travel through a material.
What is an Independent Variable?
The variable that you are changing/testing.
What is scale?
The level at which you deal with something.
What unit measures how far away something is?
meter
What is the unit for Density?
kg/L
What is an insulator?
Material with a low thermal conductivity?
If I was seeing if size of bottle affects the temperature of the water, what is my independent variable?
Size of bottle
What is Temperature?
The measure of heat energy in an object?
What is the unit of T?
degrees celsius
What is the unit abbreviation for mass?
kg
What is a better insulator: plastic or rubber?
rubber
If I am testing how fast I can throw a ball, list three things that must be controlled
size, mass, type, distance thrown, arm used, weather, technique.
What is the difference between heat energy and cold energy?
Cold energy does not exist. Objects either have a lot of heat energy or little heat energy.
What is the unit abbreviation of t?
s
What is the abbreviation for Molarity?
M
List the following from highest to lowest thermal conductivity:
Brass, aluminum, copper, nickel
Aluminum-copper-brass-nickel
Why do we need multiple controlled variables?
So that we are only changing the Independent Variable and nothing else.
How is heat transferred between objects?
Heat is transferred when the particles in both objects touch.
What SI unit is abbreviated as KE.
Kinetic Energy