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Thermodynamics

Internal energy as the sum of random molecular KE and PE. The first law as energy conservation extended to heat and work.

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2 lessons, 90 minutes of teaching

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2, each planned for 45 minutes
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2 with answer keys
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Thermodynamics
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16.1Internal energy
Internal energy is the bookkeeping total of all the molecular energies.		Think-Pair-Share7 Q, 77 marks (topic)4 checkstab 1
16.2The first law of thermodynamics
The first law is just conservation of energy for a gas: whatever heat goes in either raises the internal energy or comes back out as work.		Mix-Pair-Share7 Q, 81 marks (topic)4 checkstab 2

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