Recent content by MikeDobbs

Bwaaahaaahaaahaaa :smile: That's too funny

Thank you. I have been slowly coming to this conclusion as I read through the replies above. :smile: I guess there just isn't any way to answer the question in general in the way I had hoped. This was fun, and educational. Thanks again to everyone for contributing :smile:

Wow- thanks so much everyone for all the detailed replies. This has been truly eye-opening. I had theorized that it might take more energy to heat a substance the "next degree" as the starting temp went up, so it's cool to see that intuition was more or less on target. If I'm understanding...

Hi everyone- this is my first post on the Forum. I'm a H.S. Mathematics teacher with a reasonable understanding of basic Physics for someone with no degree in the subject (Treat me like a solid H.S. Physics student in terms of my understanding). So I was in Canada this past week, and I began...