Chapter 9 – The Kinetic Model of Matter

When students have completed this lesson they will find out:

• How to describe matter in three states (solid, liquid and gas)
• How to describe changes of state
• How the kinetic model can be used to explain changes of state and the behavior of gases
• How the kinetic model can be explained in terms of the forces between particles
• How to calculate changes in pressure and volume of a gas

• How to measure temperature and how thermometers work
• How thermometers are designed
• About the thermal expansion of solids, liquids and gases
• About some uses and consequences of thermal expansion
• How energy supplied is related to increase in temperature when a body is heated
• How to measure specific heat capacity

• How to demonstrate conduction, convection and radiation
• How to explain conduction
• How to explain convection and radiation
• The differences between good and bad emitters of radiation
• About applications and consequences of thermal (heat) energy transfers