Question

another student, maria, claims: “some heat energy was added to the tank, so the mass during the day will be a little bit more than 10.000 kg.” circle one: agree disagree explain your reasoning for your choices.

Explanation:

According to the mass - energy equivalence principle ($E = mc^{2}$), adding heat energy (a form of energy) to an object does increase its mass. However, the increase in mass due to the addition of heat energy is extremely small and for normal amounts of heat energy added in daily - life scenarios, the increase in mass is negligible. For a small amount of heat energy added, the mass increase is far less than 10.000 kg. So we should disagree with Maria's claim.

Answer:

DISAGREE