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This assignment is due before 9 AM, Friday, November 16^th, 2007.

Please type your last name and first initial (e.g., Rader, A):

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The following questions refer to the material you were to read in preparation to the lesson. Please write a three or four sentence response to each of the questions.

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WarmUp questions are worth 4 points each towards your "WarmUps" score (100 points total).

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The term "heat" is used extensively in our text. In your own words, please explain how the book uses this word. Can "heat" be negative? When?

2.

Estimate the heat necessary to raise your body temperature by 1 degree Fahrenheit. Please give your answer in both calories and joules.

3.

Imagine a pot of water boiling on a kitchen stove. Which of the following is true during the boiling process?

Heat is continuously added, and the temperature increases.

Heat is continuously added, and the temperature is constant.

Heat is not added, and the temperature increases.

Heat is not added, and the temperature is constant.

None of the above.

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This assignment is due before 9 AM, Friday, November 16^th, 2007.