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What is the meaning of temperature
temperature is the hotness of a object
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what colours on a thermogram show where something is hot
yellow, white, orange
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what colours on a thermogram show where something is cold
dark blue, purple, black
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What is specific latent heat
the energy needed to boil or melt 1kg of material
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What is specific heat capacity?
the energy needed to raise the temperature of 1kg by 1'C
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What is the equation for finding the energy transferred?
energy transferred = mass x SHC x temperature change
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Why does the temperature not change when something is changing state
the energy is needed to break the bonds that hold the molecules together.
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what is the equation to calculate density?
density = mass/volume
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What is refraction when transmitting signals
when the speed of waves decrease as the wave enters a more dense medium and increases at the wave enters a less dense medium.
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What is diffraction when transmitting signals
diffraction is the sspreading out of a wave as it passes through a gap.
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