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The Heat Is On!

Learning Objectives


At the end of this unit, you will be able to answer the following questions:

How do hot air balloons work?

Why don't NASCAR teams fully inflate the tires at the beginning of a run?

What is the coldest temperature?

What would happen if we reached the coldest temperature?

Why do SCUBA divers suffer from the bends if they ascend incorrectly?

Why do athletes (and other people) suffer from altitude sickness when playing in Colorado?

In addition, you will be able to:

Solve Boyle's Law calculations.

Solve Charles' Law calculations.

Use Excel to enter data, produce a correctly formatted graph, and easily transform data to produce a new graph.  You will also be able to save, print and insert a trendline on your graph.

 



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