P1a: Heating houses

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P1a: Heating houses
  1. Energy Flow
    1. Energy, in the form of heat, flows from a warmer body to a colder body.
      1. When the temperature flows away from a warm object, the temperature of that object decreases
      2. Measuring Temperature
        1. A thermogram uses colour to show temperature
          1. Temperature is a measure of hotness on an arbitrary scale
            1. You do not need a thermometer
              1. It allows on object to be compared to another
              2. When the temperature of a body increases, the kinetic energy increases.
                1. Heat is a measurement of internal energy
                2. Specific Heat Capacity
                  1. All substances have a property called Specific Heat Capacity which is:
                    1. -the energy needed to raise the temperature of 1kg by 1 degrees celsius
                      1. - measured in joules per kilogram degrees celsius and differs for different material
                      2. energy transfered= mass × specific heat capacity × temperature change
                      3. Specific Latent Heat
                        1. - the energy needed to melt or boil 1kg of the material
                          1. measured in joule per kilogram and differs for different materials and each of the states
                            1. When an object is heated and it changes state , energy is transfered but the temperature stays the same
                              1. energy transfered = mass × specific latent heat
                                1. When a substance changes states , energy is needed to break the bonds that hold the molecules together
                                  1. This is why there is no temperature change
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