Thermal Equilibrium
Use the hypothesis below as a basis to answer the bulleted items:
Topic: Thermal Equilibrium
Hypothesis: Two objects are said to be in thermal equilibrium if the net heat transfer between them is zero. Consequently, it follows that they must be at the same
temperature.
• Describe how you could perform a review of current research on the subject/issue.
• What criteria will you use in the selection of review sources from the web?
• Do the results of your research review lead you to suspect that your initial hypothesis is correct?
• Are there gaps in the current research that further research/experimentation/observation might fill and shed light on your hypothesis?
• Suggest a plan to test your hypothesis
• What data will you study? How and where will you gather it? What equipment or resources will be needed? How much time will be needed to gather the data? Are
there any confounding issues that might affect/influence the quality of your data? If so, discuss how might you mitigate these unwanted effects/influences? Justify all
of your statements.
• Provide a list of sources that could be used to review this issue. Include a citation of one article you read.
• Provide a list of web sources that could be used to review this issue. Discuss why these web sources would be trusted sources of information on the issue.
Include a citation of one site you reviewed.
• Suggest how your data would be presented (chart, graph, or table).
