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Textbook & related reading for the topic of THERMODYNAMICS to prepare for Self Test & RQ 4

The topic of THERMODYNAMICS is addressed in several different places, including some sections you have already read:

New reading:

(a) CLASS NOTES Topic #8 pp 43-47. Read through the terms and definitions in the "boxes" on p 43, 44, 46 & 47 in Class Notes. Also study the energy flow diagrams on p 44. (We'll cover p 45 in class.)

(b) SGC-E-text Chapter 4 A short section to read: Begin with the paragraph beginning "Water is unique in the Earth system . . ." on the bottom of p. 76 and continue through the first column on p 77. Also study Figure 4-23 on p 77, which this section refers to. Focus on the concept of latent heat and how it is stored or released during phase changes between solid, liquid, and gaseous H₂O.

(c) Read these sections from ENERGY RULES : a simple website containing thernal energy "basics": http://www4.uwsp.edu/cnr/wcee/keep/Mod1/Rules/Index.htm

Section A Introduction
Section B Energy Transfer
Section C Energy Conversion and the Laws of Thermodynamics
1. Energy Conversion Introduction
2. More About the First and Second Laws of Thermodynamics

Review reading of things we've already covered:

(c) In SGC-E-Text - In the last chapter on ATOMS - The Nature of Things: Review Section 2.3 (pp -PY-38 to PY-40) and focus on temperature and "The Microscopic Interpretation of Warmth."

(d) In CLASS NOTES: Review Topic #4 on Forms of Energy ( pp 22-23) and focus on the following terms or concepts: thermal energy (bottom of p 23), the Law of Conservation of Energy and First Law of Thermodynamics, energy efficiency, and phase changes on p 24 and the definition of a calorie (p 22.)

(e) SGC-E-Text Chapter 3 p 47-48. Focus on the terms illustrated in Figure 3.10 and described in the text: convection, conduction, radiation, and latent heat.