APPENDIX A

RESEARCH INSTRUMENT

I. Student Profile:

1. Sex: ________

2. Thermodynamics grade: ________

II. Status of Students’ Word Problem Solving Skills in Thermodynamics

Directions: Answer the following questions. Show your solutions on the blank sheet

provided for you. Make it as detailed as you can.

Rubrics for Scoring

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1. A glass window that measures 0.20 m by 0.15 m is set into the front door of a house.

The glass is.0032 m thick. The temperature outdoor is -15.0 and inside is 22.0. At what

rate does heat leave the house through that one small window?

2. What is the rate flow through a stainless stain that is 2m x 4m and 13cm thick if the

outside temperature is 19°C and the inside temperature is 22°C?

3. A science teacher has 45mL of mercury in a container at 22°C. What is the expansion

volume if the temperature is 0 degree Celsius?

4. The initial volume of ethyl alcohol is 18mL in 13 degrees Celsius. If the difference

volume is .35ml, find its change in temperature.

5. 6.2 liters of an ideal gas is contained at 3.0 atm and 37°C. How many moles of this gas

are present?

6. A group of children build an igloo in their garden. The snow walls are .30m thick. If the

inside of the igloo is at 10°C and the outside is at. -10°C, what is the rate of heat flow

through the snow walls area 14.0 m2?

7. If the body has 300K of temperature with 0.75 emissivity, what would be the emitted

power if the body’s surface area is 500 cm2?

8. If the water temperature is 210°F, how much temperature in Kelvin does it need to

reduce into 35°F?

9. 132 mL of gas is measured at 38°C. If the pressure remains constant, what will be the

volume of the gas at 10°C?

10. 1.204 x 1024 molecules of gas have a volume of 5.5 L at a certain temperature and

pressure. Find the new volume of this gas if its molecules increased into 4.816 x 10 24

molecules at the same condition.

11. 72 liters of gas is held at a pressure of 3.4 atm. and a temperature of 225 K. How many

moles of this gas is present?

12. A gas temperature is 950C. What is the volume of the gas if it has 25 moles and a
pressure of 1.5 atm?
 13. There are 1.8x1024 molecules of gas in a container with a volume of 60 liters and at a

temperature of 400K. What is the pressure inside the container?

14. A metal rod is 60 cm long at 00C. By how much will it expand when heated to 800C if its

coefficient of linear expansion is 1.1 x 10 -5 / C0?

15. There are 50 ml of gasoline in a container at 200C. What is the expansion in volume if

the temperature is 00C?

Items 16-18.
At a constant temperature of 200K, the ideal gas of 6 moles is compressed into 4L from

8L in volume.

16. What is the change in the internal energy of the gas?

17. How much work was performed by the gas?

18. How much is the heat energy?

Items 19-20.

A monatomic gas of 10 moles in a container does not change the volume from 35L when

the pressure decreases from 6.0 atm to 2.0 atm.

19. Determine the initial and final temperature of the gas.

20. Determine the change in the internal energy and heat released by the gas.