tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891276053127500572.post5067278723182433619..comments2023-10-10T09:18:04.367-07:00Comments on Cognitive Dissonances: Is expansion of gases a violation of inertia law?Cognitive Dissonanceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15069035350995446947noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891276053127500572.post-53094634631925790502018-12-08T03:25:40.712-08:002018-12-08T03:25:40.712-08:00Gravity IS NOT a FORCE...Gravity IS NOT a FORCE...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03115063105027618622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891276053127500572.post-18577385959062348432016-07-30T09:10:49.977-07:002016-07-30T09:10:49.977-07:00Very good!
This is a very useful cognitive conflic...Very good!<br />This is a very useful cognitive conflict in order to motivate students to learn the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinetic_theory_of_gases" rel="nofollow">kinetic theory of gases</a> in freshman year (9th grade)Sergio Montañezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247791768896074379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891276053127500572.post-81890397019902390342016-07-30T08:46:50.298-07:002016-07-30T08:46:50.298-07:00'No wind inside' means that the gas is mac...'No wind inside' means that the gas is macroscopically at rest, but microscopically is made of molecules or atoms moving at different velocities, although there are as many molecules moving to the right as molecules moving to the left. Gas pressure is due to the impacts, on the wall, of those molecules. But if we remove the wall, those molecules will continue to move at a constant velocity, so they will fill the whole box while inertia law is not violated.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com