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1. What is the state of a substance and the condition of its molecules at absolute zero?

2. What is a Kelvin scale?

3. What is a Rankine scale

4. Convert 250 Celsius to Kelvin.

5. Convert 75 degrees F to Rankine.

6. Why and where are absolute temperature scales used?

7. What is a closed system?

8-10. What are the common gas laws- by name and formula?

11. One of the hottest temperatures ever recorded on the surface of Earth was 134^oF in Death Valley, CA. What is this temperature in Celsius degrees? What is this temperature in Kelvin, Rankine?

12. At what temperature do the Fahrenheit and Celsius scales have the same numerical value? At what temperature do the Fahrenheit and Kelvin scales have the same numerical value?

13. The height of the Washington Monument is measured to be 170 m on a day when the temperature is 35.0^oC . What will its height be on a day when the temperature falls to -10.0^oC? Although the monument is made of limestone, assume that its thermal coefficient of expansion is the same as marble's.

14. How much taller does the Eiffel Tower become at the end of a day when the temperature has increased by 15^oC ? Its original height is 321 m and you can assume it is made of steel.

15. What will happen to Space ship window spacing assembled at 25^oC in space (-270^oC), if the window is glass surrounded by a steel frame?