Thermal Energy Processes
Virginia SOL PHII.5
Investigate thermal energy processes and their impact on energy transformations.
What students need to be able to do
- Plan and conduct an investigation to determine relationships among thermal energy, work, and temperature.
- Develop and use models and mathematical representations to explain relationships between thermal energy and work.
- Make predictions of entropy and thermal energy changes in systems and processes when energy is transferred.
- Create, evaluate, and refine solutions to problems related to thermal conductivity.