Chemistry In Context
9th Edition
ISBN: 9781259638145
Author: Fahlman, Bradley D., Purvis-roberts, Kathleen, Kirk, John S., Bentley, Anne K., Daubenmire, Patrick L., ELLIS, Jamie P., Mury, Michael T., American Chemical Society
Publisher: Mcgraw-hill Education,
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Chapter 4, Problem 9Q
Explain each of these observations.
- a. A car parked in a sunny location may become hot enough to endanger the lives of pets or small children left in it.
- b. Clear winter nights tend to be colder than cloudy ones.
- c. A desert shows much wider daily temperature variation than a moist environment.
- d. People wearing dark clothing in the summertime put themselves at a greater risk of heatstroke than those wearing white clothing.
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