Lesson Plan - Grade VIII - Week 2 - Meeting 2 - Heat & Temperature
Lesson Plan - Grade VIII - Week 2 - Meeting 2 - Heat & Temperature
Science 0893
Heat & Temperature
Why does water burn your skin so much quicker than air?
Why is falling into a 32º F lake more dangerous than standing outside
naked on a 32º F?
Temperature is a measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in a substance.
This diagram compares three common temperature scales. The Fahrenheit scale is used in
the United States, but nearly all other countries use the Celsius scale. Scientists prefer the
Kelvin scale because O K represents absolute zero, the coldest possible temperature.
TEMPERATURE SCALES
WATER
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ABSOLUTE ZERO FREEZING POINT BOILING POINT
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FAHRENHEIT -459° 32° 212°
CELSIUS -273° 0° 100°
KELVIN (ABSOLUTE) 0° 273° 373°
CONVERSIONS:
CELSIUS TO FAHRENHEIT
F = 9/5C + 32
FAHRENHEIT TO CELSIUS
C = 5/9 x (F - 32)
CELSIUS TO KELVIN
K = C + 273.
Thermal Energy
Specific Heat Capacity is the quantity of heat required to change the temperature of 1
gram of a substance by 1° C.
If Q units of of thermal energy added to 1 gram a substance produce a temperature
change of ∆T,
Q = c x ∆T
Specific heat , c, of a substance is the heat capacity per unit mass.
For m grams of a substance,
Q = cm ∆T
Water has high specific heat capacity - used as a cooling fluid.
Specific heat capacity of water is 1calorie per gram-deg. C.
Heat Transfer Processes
Consider water: