Thermal Expansion linear
Heat Capacity
Gas Laws
Thermal Expansion Volumetric
Video Games
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Represented by the Greek letter alpha, this value is different for every substance in the thermal expansion equation.

What is the coefficient of linear expansion?

100

The amount of energy needed to cause a temperature change in a given mass of a substance.  Expressed in J/K (joules per Kelvin)

What is Heat capacity?

100

This variable is a constant in the universal gas law equation, and can have differing values depending on the units.

What is the Universal Gas Constant?

100

Represented by the Greek letter Beta, this value is approximately 3 X alpha, and if used in the volumetric expansion equation.

What is the coefficient of volumetric expansion?

100

This character is a denizen of the mushroom kingdom and is often seen rescuing the princess.

Who is Mario

200


A brass rod is 0.500 m long at 20.0°C. This is the length of the rod if it is heated to 50.0°C? (alpha = 19 x10^-6)

What is 2.85 x 10^-4m?

200

Expressed in Joules per grams, Kelvin (J/gK)

What is Specific Heat Capacity?

200

This volume is occupied by 5.03 g of O2 at 28°C and a pressure of 0.998atm?

What is 3.9 liters?

200

There are 500 m^3 of air in a shop at 20.°C. This is the difference in volume if the temperature is 0°C. (beta = 3400 x 10^-6)

What is 34 m^3?

200

Another one who is all about rescuing a princess, this character from Hyrule sports a green hat and a sword of destiny.  

Who is Link?

300


A steel beam 12.0m sits next to a concrete wall when the temperature is 20.0°C. A gap must be left between the beam and the concrete wall for expansion purposes. If the temperature rises to 45.0°C, the gap must be this long if the steel beam just touches the concrete wall? (alpha=12X10^-6)

What is 3.60 x 10^-3 m?

300

By this much, will the temperature rise when an 8g piece of aluminum (0.9 J/gC) is given 800 J of Heat.

What is 111 degrees C?

300

A 113L sample of helium at 27°C is cooled at constant pressure to -78.0°C.  This is the new volume of Helium.

What is 73 Liters?

300


At 30 C the volume of an aluminum sphere is 30 cm3. The coefficient of linear expansion is 24 x 10-6 C-1. If the final volume is 30.5 cm3, this is the final temperature of the aluminum sphere.

What is 260 C?

300

A series of video games featuring characters such as members of the Belmont family trying to thwart Count Dracula.

What is Castlevania? 


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An metal rod 0.50 m is heated from 15°C to 95°C. The length of the rod increases by 0.96 mm. This is the coefficient of expansion for the rod.

What is 2.4 x 10^-5 ºC-1 ?

400

A 26.73g silver coin held in your hand for good luck is warmed by 12 degrees Celsius (c=0.24) was given this much energy.

What is 77 Joules?

400

This mass of CO2 is needed to fill an 80.0 L tank to a pressure of 150.0 atm at 27.0°C?

What is 21.5 kg?

400


A 2000-cm3 aluminum container, filled with water at 0C. And then heated to 90C. If the coefficient of linear expansion for aluminum is 24 x 10-6 (C)-1 and the coefficient of volume expansion for water is 6.3 x 10-4 (C)-1, this is the volume of spilled water.

What is 100.44 cm3 ?

400

Named after the lawyer "John" (his last name) who helped the fledgling game development company "HAL laboratory" out of a legal dispute against it's competitor company Nintendo.


Who is Kirby?

500


Using your knowledge of thermal expansion, explain why this is happening

The railroad tracks are being heated by the sun and are expanding beyond their engineered limit.

500

If a 10g piece of adamantium (the metal in wolverine's claws), was boiled in water (4.184 J/gC) at 100 degrees C, then added to 100 grams of water resulting in the water to go from 22 degrees to 36 degrees. 

This would be the specific heat of adamantium.

What is 9.1 J/gC?


500

At this temperature does 5.00g of H2 occupy a volume of 50.0 L at a pressure of 1.01 atm?

What is 248 K?

500


Using your knowledge of thermal expansion, how a bimetallic strip works.


The strip is composed of two different metals which expand when heated at different rates.  This causes the metal strip to bend.

500

This video game console has out sold every other console ever produced to date.

What is the PS2?