Is There a Difference Between Temperature and Heat?

Part 1 Do Now With your partner, answer the following: 1) Which object contains the most amount of heat, a pot of boiling water, or a gigantic iceberg? Why?

2) Youre at the beach. The temperature of the air is 101F. The sand burns your feet (ouch!) and the ocean makes you shiver. Why? 3) Why does rubbing alcohol feel colder than room temperature when put on your skin? (dont believe me? Ill show you!) 4) True/False the temperature of something depends on its size 5) True/False - Heat flows from an area of low temperature to an area of high temperature Draw a picture to show how temperature moves (Hint: what happens when you pour boiling water into ice water?)

5) True/False - When heat transfer happens, the object with the higher temperature experiences a decrease in temperature. Why? 6) True/False Water and Vegetable Oil will require the same amount of heat to raise the temperature 7) Draw a picture of what water molecules look like as a solid, liquid, and gas:

Solid

Liquid

Gas

Part 2 Lab Challenge

Using the materials provided, the data tables below, and the hints to get you started, determine if there is a difference between temperature and heat, and make a hypothesis for what the difference is. Materials 25 mL Water 25 mL Vegetable Oil 2 Candles/group Tongs (to hold candle) 100 mL Beaker

Wire stand Scale Calculator Timer/stopwatch Safety goggles

Keep your face away from heating liquids! Hold candles with tongs! WEAR YOUR GOGGLES

A few hints to get you started: Use one candle to raise the temperature of each liquid. Take a temperature reading every 30 seconds for 4 minutes and record in Data Table 2. Fill in the data tables as you go.
Data Table 1

Water

Vegetable Oil

Mass of Beaker (g) Mass of Liquid (g) in beaker Mass of Liquid only (g) Initial temperature (C) Initial mass of candle (g) Final temperature (C) Final mass of candle (g)
Data Table 2

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Water C Oil C

Initial hypothesis: The difference between temperature and heat is

Raise your hand to show Meghan your hypothesis then shell give you what you need to move on!

Part 3 Calculating Heat

Well, the truth is we cant measure heat using a thermometer like we can for temperature, BUTit can be calculated. The formula for determining the amount of heat is q=mC T Thats the fancy way of saying that: Heat = (mass) x (specific heat) x (the change in temperature) Where, q= heat m = mass of liquid (g) C= specific heat constant (see below) T= (final temperature) (initial temperature) The specific heat (C) is a constant for a given substance its the amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of one gram of that substance by 1 degree Celsius.

Specific Heat of Water = 1 calorie/gram C Specific Heat of Vegetable Oil = 0.46 calories/gram C

* A calorie is a unit of energy

Using this formula and the results from your experiments, determine how much heat it took to raise the temperature of each liquid in 4 minutes. Water Amount of Heat q=mCT Vegetable Oil

If youre having trouble with the calculations, see Meghan, Eric, or one of the Antioch students for a Hint Card

Is your hypothesis {the difference between temperature and heat} the same after doing the calculations? If not, write a new hypothesis and explain why you changed your mind.

When you are done, quickly clean up your lab station and grab the MINDBENDERS from the front to work on while the rest of the class finishes up