Internal Energy
 

Internal Energy problem 16


  • State what is meant by the internal energy of a system.


  • By reference to intermolecular forces, explain why the change in internal energy of an ideal gas is equal to the change in total kinetic energy of its molecules.


  • State and explain the change, if any, in the internal energy of a solid metal ball as it falls

    under gravity in a vacuum.


 

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