Nature of Heat Quiz

In the caloric theory, heat was believed to be

• A form of energy

• A shirt

• A fluid

• Gravity

Which theory states that particles would repel each other causing them to leave the hot object and flow to the cold object?

• Kinetic Theory

• Newton's Theory

• Galileo's Theory

• Caloric Theory

The molecules of a hot body have more kinetic energy than the molecules of a cold body.

• True

• False

Why was the Caloric Theory discredited?

• People thought they would gain weight if they believed it

• No experiments supported it

• Antoine Lavoisier was racist

• The earth is flat

Who conducted an experiment in which water was boiled using the heat generated from the friction of continuous boring of a cannon.

• Count Rumford

• Isaac Newton

• Albert Einstein

• Charles Darwin

True or False: Rumford argued that the seemingly indefinite generation of heat supported the caloric theory.

• False

• True

Approximately when was the Joule's experiment carried out?

• 1920

• 1862

• 1840

• 1962

What conclusion was made after the results of the Joule's experiment?

• Weight=mass x gravity

• Energy is neither created nor destroyed, it only changes from one form to another.

• The buoyant force is equal to the weight of the object

• Apparent weight is the weight of the object in air