Physical Science Unit 5 Review

What is a measure of the average kinetic energy of the molecules of a substance?

• density
• pressure
• temperature
• volume

________ is defined as force per unit area.

• Density
• Temperature
• Pressure
• Velocity

Hygroscopic nuclei may consist of dust, smoke, soot, salt, or other small airborne particles

• True

• False

________________ is a lower atmospheric condition characterized by an inverted lapse rate.

• wind inversion
• pressure inversion
• temperature inversion
• humidity inversion

Which Law of Thermodynamics states that heat added to a closed system goes into the internal energy of the system and/or doing work.

• Second Law of Thermodynamics
• Third Law of Thermodynamics
• First Law of Thermodynamics
• Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics

How laws of thermodynamics are there?

• Ten
• Five
• Two
• Four

What type of heat is the amount of heat necessary to raise the temperature of one kilogram of the substance 1 degree Celsius?

• conductive heat
• thermal heat
• specific heat
• latent heat

This is a great dome of water that accompanies the storm as it makes landfall.

• flood
• storm surge
• tidal wave
• tsunami

The boundary between air masses.

• boundary
• front
• division
• separation

The heat associated with a phase change (either solid to liquid or liquid to gas) is called _________ (“hidden”) heat.

• invisible heat
• thermal heat
• concealed heat
• latent heat