26. To determine the specific heat capacity of copper, Alyssa performed an investigation by which she dropped a heated piece of copper into a calorimeter. Some of the data
Alyssa recorded is given in the following table.

a. What was the final temperature of the copper object? Explain your answer.

b. Determine the temperature change, (Delta)t, of the copper object? Show your Work.

The human activities in two locations are described below: location a: rampant use of plastic containers location b: excessive use of pesticides and fertilizers which statement is most likely true? location a will have poor air quality because plastic is biodegradable. location a will experience water scarcity because plastic absorbs moisture. the population of honeybees will increase in location b because production of crops will increase. the population of fish in location b will decrease because the water is contaminated.

As light moves from one material into the next, which of the following affects how much the light waves will refract, or bend? angle at which the ray strikes the medium color of the material density of the material temperature of the light wave

How does science use models to gain a better understanding of concepts?