Eight grams of water initially at 100 °C are poured into a cavity in a very large block of ice initially at 0 °C. How many grams of ice melt before thermal equilibrium is attained?

A window glass 0.50-cm thick has dimensions of 3.0 m by 1.5 m. If the outside temperature is -10°C and the inside temperature 20°C, what is the rate of heat conduction through the window?

Two equal mass objects make up a system that is thermally isolated from its surroundings. One object has an initial temperature of 100°C and the other has an initial temperature of 0°C. What is the equilibrium temperature of the system, assuming that no phase changes take place for either object? (The hot object has a specific heat capacity that is three times that of the cold object.)

A sample of an ideal gas is in a tank of constant volume. The sample gains heat energy and its temperature changes from 300 K to 900 K.

If is the average speed of the gas molecules before absorption of heat and v₂ the average speed after absorption of heat, what is the ratio v₂/v₁ ?

The reason ocean temperatures do not vary drastically is that: