Entropy and Atoms
The smallest possible thing that still acts like the thing that it came from.
What is an atom?
This step in the scientific method is an educated guess to the answer to your question.
What is a hypothesis?
The three ways heat can transfer are called this.
What is conduction, convection and radition?
The scientific instrument measure time.
What is a stop watch, clock, or timer?
The metric unit for temperature is this.
What is degrees Celsius?
A group of atoms stuck together is called this.
What is a molecule?
You observe that hot pancake syrup cools down more slowly than the butter on your breakfast. It gets you thinking about why that happens. You have just done this step in the scientific method.
What is you asked a question from an observation?
The sun transfers heat to earth in this way.
What is radiation?
This scientific instrument measures temperature.
What is a thermometer?
A mitten keeps your hands warm because it is this type of material.
What is an insulator?
If your little brother comes into your room and makes a big mess what has he increased in your room.
What is entropy? There are more ways for your stuff to be spread out in a big mess than organized.
When you complete an experiment and write down what the experiment told you about the answer to your original question, you have done this part of the scientific method.
What is you have written a conclusion?
When you burn your thumb with a hot glue gun, heat was transferred in this way.
What is conduction?
This scientific instrument measures weight.
What is a scale?
A metal spoon feels cold to the touch for this reason.
The spoon is a conductor so conducts heat way from your hand.
If you roll two dice and get double six and then roll the dice again and get seven the roll that had more entropy was this for this reason.
What is the seven because there were more than 1 way to get it?
You collect this from an experiment.
What is data?
When you see smoke rising from the chimney this form of heat transfer is occurring.
What is convection?
This scientific instrument measures distance.
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It can also be used to measure area and volume. The way you could do this is this.
What is a ruler.
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You can measure area by measuring the length and width and multiplying them together, and you can measure the volume by measuring the length, width, and height and multiplying them together.
The part of an engine that goes up and down inside a cylinder that moves in cold and warm air is called this.
What is a piston?
Heat moves from hot to cold for this reason.
What is entropy? The reason is you have more heat in one place than the other place so over time that heat will tend to spread out so you have about the same amount of heat in both places making the cold area a bit warmer and hot area colder. There are more ways for the heat to be organized in this average heat arrangement than for all the heat to be in one place and not in the cold place.
So other scientists can repeat your experiment and check your answers you write down a step by step explanation of your experiment. This part of the scientific method is called this.
What is methods or procedures?
When you light a candle name examples of each form of heat transfer occurring.
What is the radiation of the flame in the form of light, conduction to the wax that makes it melts, and convection as the smoke rises off the candle?
A measuring cup measures this.
What is volume?
A type of machine that turns the flow of hot to cold into mechanical work is called this.
What is an engine?