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It goes to the environment.
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If an electron is in an excited state it must lose energy when it falls to a lower state. What happens to the energy that is lost?
This energy is released as a photon.
Why does the water freeze when a beaker of ether is placed over the water?
Because ether is much more volatile than water and evaporates extremely quickly. As ether evaporates very quickly its average kinetic energy is lowered as molecules of ether escape. Following on, the 2nd law of Thermodynamics (I think) states that thermal energy is lost to cooler things so the water cools down extremely quickly as it looses heat to the evaporating ether which is also loosing heat in evaporation. Once the water reaches 0 degrees C it freezes.
How is calorimetry related to the law of conservation of energy?
The Law of Conservation of Energy states that energy is neither created nor destroyed but remains constant in a given system. Therefore, wouldn't calorimetry make use of it because the energy gained/lost by the water would cancel out the energy lost/gained by the substance and result in no change overall? The Law of Conservation of Energy states that energy is neither created nor destroyed but remains constant in a given system. Therefore, wouldn't calorimetry make use of it because the energy gained/lost by the water would cancel out the energy lost/gained by the substance and result in no change overall?
What happens to energy in a substance when i change state?
As energy is absorbed, the energy moves up to other electron shell levels, but as the energy is released, it goes back to zero (ground state) and the energy is given off as light.
What is the scientific law that is the basis for the assumption that the heat energy lost by the a metal as is cools is equal to the heat energy gained by the water and the calorimeter?
The energy transfer within the system (between the water and the lead sinker) must obey the first law of thermodynamics. Meaning, "...that energy can not be created or destroyed, it can only be changed from one form to another or transferred from one body to another, but the total amount of energy remains constant (the same)." So due to the conservation of energy, the heat lost by the lead sinker is transferred to the water in equal amounts. We must assume here that the experiment is well controlled and there are negligible sources of heat transfer from unintended external sources.
When water at 0.c freezes is heat lost or gained?
As heat is a form of energy, it isn't lost or gained, it's just converted into another form of energy.
What happens to energy as it travels away from the sources?
Energy is lost
What happens to lost energy when water is created?
It forms covalent bonds between hydrogen and oxygen. The energy is released when the bonds are broken through electrolysis.
What happens to the energy that is not lost?
It goes to the sun
What happens to energy as we move from step to step in a web?
Energy is lost
What happens to the mass lost in nuclear fusion?
its converted to energy
When water freezes to form ice energy is?
When the liquid reaches its boiling point, it changes phase into a gas. The energy is being absorbed into breaking of the interparticular bonds. This is called the latent heat of vaporisation. In a pot of water that is boiling, the water is all at 100 degrees, however, only the water on the surface, or at nucleation sites, is able to change state into a gas. The steam that the water is turning into, is also at 100 degrees.
What happens to the energy not passed on to the next level?
It is lost, in the sense that it is converted into unusable energy.
What happens when a space shuttle enters the atmosphere?
energy is lost
What happens to the energy radiated by the earth?
It's lost to space
What happens to the energy level as you move up the energy pyramid?
10% of energy is lost as you move from 1 level to the next. So at the end 90% if the energy will be lost as heat.
What happens if a cell has lost water?
it dies
