In a beaker, 300 grams of water at 80°C cools down to 20°C. Assume all the heat from the water is absorbed by 100 cubic meters of air, with a mass of 100.000 grams . What is the temperature change in the air?

mass of water, mw = 300g = 0.3kg

∆Tw = (80 - 20) °C

volume of air, va = 100m³

mass of air, ma = 100g = 0.1kg

∆Ta = ?

H = mc∆T

Hw = mwcw∆Tw

Hw = 0.3*4200*60

Hw = 75600J

Hw = 75.6 kJ

All the above heat energy got absorbed by air,

that is; Ha = 75600J

since it's given that the heat was absorbed by a specific amount of volume of air

then specific capacity of volume of air is

then,

ca = Ha × density

ma temp

then,

Ha = vaca∆Ta

where, ca = volumetric heat capacity of air = 0.012kJ/m³°C

75.6kJ = 100m³ × 0.012kJ/m³°C × ∆Ta

75.6 = 1.2/°C × ∆Ta

∆Ta = 63°C

63°C is the temperature change in air.

i think a, hope it .

explanation:

the answer is b because, investigating whether another species of moth also drinks tears might be interesting, but it would not directly explain why this species of moth does.

to explain why this species of moth drinks tears, the scientist could ask: "what nutrients that moths need are in elephant tears? "

the scientist could experiment with moth repellent or oter ways to keep the moths away, but that would not answer his original question.