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Which graph best demonstrates the general relationship between mass and temperature, similar to the trend of thermal energy absorbed by your sand and water samples?
A graph with vertical axis Temperature and horizontal axis Mass has a downward sloping straight line from 1 3 to 3 1.
A graph with vertical axis Temperature and horizontal axis Mass has a flat straight line from 1 2 to 3 2.
A graph with vertical axis Temperature and horizontal axis Mass has an upward sloping straight line from 1 1 to 3 3.
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The first graph (temperature decreasing as mass increases — the downward sloping line from 1,3 to 3,1).
Reason: for a given amount of thermal energy, temperature change ΔT = Q/(m·c), so as mass increases the temperature rise decreases. (The true relationship is inverse/hyperbolic, but the downward slope best matches the observed trend.)
Reason: for a given amount of thermal energy, temperature change ΔT = Q/(m·c), so as mass increases the temperature rise decreases. (The true relationship is inverse/hyperbolic, but the downward slope best matches the observed trend.)
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