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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, 100 g of water at 85 °C mixes with 400 g of water at 25 °C. What final temperature do they reach, Bo?

  2. In an insulated cup, 400 g of water at 50 °C mixes with 100 g of water at 10 °C. What final temperature do they reach, Esme?

  3. Read this first

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    Energy bar chart (example data), one bar per energy store, height in °C. Start: hot water 80 °C; cold water 20 °C. End: hot water 60 °C; cold water 60 °C. A transfer arrow goes from the hot water to the cold water, labeled heat 16,728 J. 200 g of water at 80 °C mixes with 100 g of water at 20 °C in an insulated cup. Bars show temperature.

  4. In the energy bar chart, which way does heat move, Jun?

    • Both ways equally, so nothing changes
    • From the cold water to the hot water
    • From the hot water to the cold water
  5. In the energy bar chart, why is the final temperature closer to 80 °C than to 20 °C, Luz?

    • Hot water holds heat better than cold water
    • There is twice as much hot water
    • Heat moves faster than cold
  6. An ice cube is dropped into a glass of lemonade. Which way does energy move, Milo?

    • From the lemonade into the ice
    • From the ice into the lemonade, as cold
    • Neither way
  7. A metal spoon stands in hot cocoa. Why does its handle warm up, Noah?

    • Cold leaves the handle
    • The handle makes its own heat
    • Heat moves along the spoon from the hot end
  8. A cold drink sits in a warm room. When does it stop warming up, Pia?

    • After exactly one hour
    • When it is warmer than the room
    • When it reaches the room's temperature
  9. Water's specific heat is 4182 J/(kg·°C) and aluminum's is 897. Equal masses of each get the same heat. Which warms more, Ren?

    • They warm by the same amount
    • The water
    • The aluminum
  10. What does water's specific heat of 4182 J/(kg·°C) mean, Tala?

    • 4182 J warms 1 g of water by 1 °C
    • 1 kg of water holds 4182 J in total
    • 4182 J warms 1 kg of water by 1 °C
  11. Why does a lake cool more slowly at night than the dry sand beside it, Zee?

    • Water's specific heat is much higher
    • Water can't lose heat at night
    • Sand holds more heat per kilogram per degree
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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.

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