Specific heats from equipartition

Exercise and reference answers

Questions

1. Question

   Equipartition lets us determine

   Choices

   1. Molar specific heats
   2. Avogadro number
   3. The gas constant

   Correct choice

   Molar specific heats

2. Question

   Those predicted values are

   Choices

   1. Far from experiment
   2. In agreement with experiment
   3. Unmeasurable

   Correct choice

   In agreement with experiment

3. Question

   Agreement improves by including

   Choices

   1. Colour
   2. Container shape
   3. Vibrational modes

   Correct choice

   Vibrational modes

4. Question

   Equipartition needs the system to be

   Choices

   1. In equilibrium
   2. Cooling
   3. Compressed

   Correct choice

   In equilibrium

Instructions

Tap the chip that answers each prompt.

Explanation