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Thermal physics flashcards
27 cards drawn from the 5 lessons of thermal physics: 14 definitions, 7 recall prompts, 1 off-sheet equation and 5 spot-the-error cards. Grade yourself and the deck reschedules each card at staged intervals, from the next day out to three weeks.
Year 13 · Thermal physics lessons · all 851 cards
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- Internal energyDefine
- State the two ways to increase the internal energy of a systemRecall
- Explain why temperature is constant during a change of stateRecall
- Describe the arrangement and motion of particles in a solidDefine
- Describe the arrangement and motion of particles in a liquidDefine
- Describe the arrangement and motion of particles in a gasDefine
- Internal energy and changes of stateSpot the error
- Specific heat capacityDefine
- Specific latent heatDefine
- State the purpose of the two flow rates in the continuous-flow methodRecall
- Specific heat capacity and latent heatSpot the error
- Absolute zeroDefine
- State absolute zero in degrees CelsiusRecall
- Boyle's lawDefine
- Charles's lawDefine
- The Avogadro constantDefine
- Ideal gasDefine
- Work done by a gas at constant pressureEquation
- Ideal gases and the gas lawsSpot the error
- Brownian motionDefine
- State the evidence from Brownian motionRecall
- Root mean square speedDefine
- Describe the smoke cell demonstration of Brownian motionDefine
- The kinetic theory model and its derivationSpot the error
- State what determines the average kinetic energy of a gas moleculeRecall
- State the internal energy of an ideal gasRecall
- What temperature means for a gasSpot the error
The lessons these cards come from
- Internal energy and changes of state
- Specific heat capacity and latent heat
- Ideal gases and the gas laws
- The kinetic theory model and its derivation
- What temperature means for a gas
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