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11th grade Heat flow and the final temperature of a mixture worksheet

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Heat flow and the final temperature of a mixture

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  1. In an insulated cup, 300 g of water goes from 20 °C to 32 °C. With c = 4182 J/(kg·°C), how much heat moves in or out, Ari?

  2. In an insulated cup, 500 g of water goes from 90 °C to 70 °C. With c = 4182 J/(kg·°C), how much heat moves in or out, Bo?

  3. In an insulated cup, 120 g of water goes from 15 °C to 40 °C. With c = 4182 J/(kg·°C), how much heat moves in or out, Esme?

  4. Read this first

    Specific heats (Engineering ToolBox)

    MaterialSpecific heat (J/(kg·°C))
    water4182
    aluminum897
    iron449
    copper385
  5. Using the table, 1 kg of each material gets 4182 J of heat. Which warms by only 1 °C, Jun?

    • Copper
    • Water
    • Aluminum
  6. Using the table, about how many times as much heat does water need as copper for the same mass and warming, Kira?

    • About 11 times
    • About 2 times
    • About 4 times
  7. Mixing water in a cup (example data)

    TrialHot waterCold waterLidPredicted final (°C)Measured final (°C)
    1200 g at 70 °C200 g at 20 °Cyes4544
    2100 g at 80 °C300 g at 20 °Cyes3534
    3200 g at 70 °C200 g at 20 °Cno4541
  8. Using the table, why is each measured final temperature a little below the prediction, Noah?

    • The cold water gives off cold
    • Some heat escapes to the cup and the air
    • Heat is destroyed when the two waters mix
  9. Using the table, why did trial 3 end furthest below its prediction, Pia?

    • It had no lid, so more heat escaped
    • Its cold water was colder
    • It had more hot water
  10. In an insulated cup, hot water gives out 5000 J while warming some cold water. How much heat does the cold water gain, Ren?

    • 2500 J
    • 10,000 J
    • 5000 J
  11. A hot iron block goes into cool water in an insulated cup. What is true once nothing is changing, Tala?

    • They are at the same temperature
    • They hold the same thermal energy
    • The block is still a little hotter
  12. Why does a hot 0.5 kg aluminum block warm 1 kg of water by only a few degrees, Zee?

    • The block cools by the same number of degrees
    • Water needs much more heat per degree
    • Aluminum can't give out heat
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Heat flow and the final temperature of a mixture. Every version has 10 questions, and the answer key prints on the second page.

What your child will learn

  • I can say that heat flows from hot to cold until the temperatures match. Cold never flows.
  • I can find the final temperature of two water samples (weighted by mass) and of a metal block in water (weighted by m × c), using specific heats from a sourced table.
  • I can use Q = mcΔT (mass in kilograms) and heat lost = heat gained in an insulated cup.
  • I can read investigation data. A measured final below the prediction means heat escaped (more without a lid); fair tests use insulation, a lid and stirring.

Standard: HS-PS3-4

Words to know

thermal equilibrium: When objects in contact reach the same temperature and heat stops flowing

specific heat (c): The energy to warm 1 kg of a material by 1 °C

heat (Q): Energy moving because of a temperature difference

insulated: Wrapped so little heat leaks in or out

ΔT: The change in temperature

Common mistakes

Your child took the plain average. The bigger sample counts more, so weight each temperature by its mass.

Your child pictured cold flowing. Only heat flows, always from the hotter object to the colder one.

Your child used grams. The specific heat is per kilogram, so change grams to kilograms first.

Questions parents ask

What is the most common mistake with heat flow and the final temperature of a mixture?

Your child took the plain average. The bigger sample counts more, so weight each temperature by its mass.

Are these 11th grade science worksheets free to print?

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