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Chapter 14: Heat

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Physics Principles with Applications
Pages: 390 - 411
Physics Principles with Applications

Physics Principles with Applications

Book edition 7th
Author(s) Douglas C. Giancoli
Pages 978 pages
ISBN 978-0321625922

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84 Questions for Chapter 14: Heat

  1. Very high in the Earth’s atmosphere, the temperature can be 700°C. Yet an animal there would freeze to death rather than roast. Explain.

    Found on Page 390

  2. Explorers on failed Arctic expeditions have survived by covering themselves with snow. Why would they do that?

    Found on Page 390

  3. Why is wet sand at a beach cooler to walk on than dry sand?

    Found on Page 390

  4. If you hear that an object has “high heat content,” does that mean that its temperature is high? Explain.

    Found on Page 390

  5. When hot-air furnaces are used to heat a house, why is it important that there be a vent for air to return to the furnace? What happens if this vent is blocked by a bookcase?

    Found on Page 390

  6. Ceiling fans are sometimes reversible, so that they drive the air down in one season and pull it up in another season. Explain which way you should set the fan (a) for summer, (b) for winter.

    Found on Page 390

  7. Goose down sleeping bags and parkas are often specified as so many inches or centimeters of loft, the actual thickness of the garment when it is fluffed up. Explain.

    Found on Page 390

  8. Microprocessor chips have a “heat sink” glued on top that looks like a series of fins. Why are they shaped like that?

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  10. Sea breezes are often encountered on sunny days at the shore of a large body of water. Explain, noting that the temperature of the land rises more rapidly than that of the nearby water.

    Found on Page 390

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