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| The oveall purpose of the refrigerant (freon) in an air conditioner is to: |
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| The compressor in an air conditioner: |
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| Increases the temp of the refrigerant |
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| The energy content of a piece of food is determined by: |
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| Which has a higher specific heat capacity, water or sand? |
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| A container of water has the smallest volume at what degree? |
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| The reason fish live from year to year in ponds that freeze over in the winter is that: |
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| Water has a low specific heat capacity |
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| The fact that the desert sand is very hot in the day and very cold at night is evidence of what of the sand? |
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| That it has a very low specific heat capacity. |
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| Water at 4ºC expands most when what? |
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| A piece of metal will feel colder than a piece of wood at the same temp because |
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| metals, in general, are good heat conductors |
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| Sea breezes are usually from the sea toward the land during the day because land is hotter than water, |
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| a high-pressure area is created high above the land, cool air high over the ocean flows downward and a low-press. area is created just over the shore |
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| Radiation from the sun gets trapped in the atmosphere because: |
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| long-wavelength radiation is absorbed by the atmosphere |
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| If a poor absorber of radiation were a good emitter, its temp would be: |
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| lower than that of its surroundings |
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