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What does it mean to have a higher specific heat?
That a given volume of water will store a larger amount of heat energy (per degree temperature rise) than will most other substances.
What has the more heat energy at 100 degrees Celsius water or steam?
steam. It has to go through a phase change, which takes additional energy to get there.
What heats up and cools down the slowest land or air?
Land heats up and cools down the slowest. The reason for this is because it takes little energy to heat air compared to what it takes to heat land. Land has a higher heat capacity than air. That means it takes more thermal (heat) energy to raise the temperature of a volume of earth a couple of degrees than it does to raise the temperature of the same volume of air a couple of degrees. To heat land rather than air, it takes more heat energy and more time. As regards cooling, it takes more time to cool land than air because it takes more time for the heat energy to get out of the land. You've experienced "heat capacity" before. If you touch a metal handrail on a hot day, it burns a bit. There is a lot of heat in that metal handrail, and it is being transferred to your hand. And transferred, and transferred. All that heat in there wants to get into your cooler hand. The heat capacity of metal is fairly high. It holds a lot of heat. Land has a lot of heat capacity, too.
What is the energy transformation that takes place in a flashlight?
Chemical energy to electrical energy to light energy and heat energy.
Why does a bath of warm water have more energy than a white hot sparkler?
because even though the sparkler has a high temp. the bath has more volume so it takes in more heat energy
What does it mean to have a higher specific heat?
That a given volume of water will store a larger amount of heat energy (per degree temperature rise) than will most other substances.
What kind of energy does a candle take?
It takes the energy of heat.
What has the more heat energy at 100 degrees Celsius water or steam?
steam. It has to go through a phase change, which takes additional energy to get there.
What color of hair carries more stactic electricity?
The darker hair color carries more energy because it takes in more heat.
What energy resource takes its heat from underground rocks?
Geothermal energy
What energy change takes place in a kettle?
Electrical energy -> Heat energy -> Sound energy.
What heats up and cools down the slowest land or air?
Land heats up and cools down the slowest. The reason for this is because it takes little energy to heat air compared to what it takes to heat land. Land has a higher heat capacity than air. That means it takes more thermal (heat) energy to raise the temperature of a volume of earth a couple of degrees than it does to raise the temperature of the same volume of air a couple of degrees. To heat land rather than air, it takes more heat energy and more time. As regards cooling, it takes more time to cool land than air because it takes more time for the heat energy to get out of the land. You've experienced "heat capacity" before. If you touch a metal handrail on a hot day, it burns a bit. There is a lot of heat in that metal handrail, and it is being transferred to your hand. And transferred, and transferred. All that heat in there wants to get into your cooler hand. The heat capacity of metal is fairly high. It holds a lot of heat. Land has a lot of heat capacity, too.
How does temperature affect energy?
Thermal energy is heat. More heat is more thermal energy.
Is melting a process to add heat energy to the environment?
No. It takes heat from the environment.
What is specific heat a measure of?
The amount of energy it takes to change the temperature of a substance by a certain amount. How much energy it takes to heat a substance ~APEX
Why aluminum can store more heat than iron?
yes
What is the energy transformation that takes place in a flashlight?
Chemical energy to electrical energy to light energy and heat energy.
