Refrigerants Quiz 1

What happens when room temperature soda is poured into a glass of ice?

• The ice gets colder.

• The ice melts because it is giving up the "cold" to the soda.

• The ice melts because it is absorbing heat from the soda.

• The ice melts because the soda is colder than the ice.

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NGSS.HS-PS3-4

Ice melts in iceboxes because ____.

• heat flows through the insulated walls

• heat enters when the door is opened

• heat enters when warm food is placed in the icebox

• All of the above.

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NGSS.HS-PS3-4

High temperature refrigeration is that produced by ____.

• heat from a furnace

• an air-conditioning system

• the vegetable cooling system of a refrigerator

• the freezer section of a refrigerator

Refrigeration can be described as ____.

• the process of making products cold

• the process of introducing heat to a location where it is not wanted

• the process of removing heat from a place where it is not wanted to a place where it makes little or no difference

• None of the above.

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NGSS.HS-PS3-2

The temperature inside the refrigerator fresh food section should be about ____.

• 25ºF

• 30ºF

• 35ºF

• 40ºF

A ton of refrigeration is equal to ____.

• 1 ton of ice

• 288,000 Btu/24 h

• 144 Btu/h

• 12,000 Btu/min

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NGSS.HS-PS3-4

The ____ relationship correlates the vapor pressure and the boiling point of water and is the basis for controlling the cooling system's temperatures.

• boiling/pressure

• temperature/pressure

• temperature/vapor

• boiling/vapor

The evaporator in a refrigeration system ____.

• reduces the boiling point of the refrigerant

• condenses the refrigerant

• absorbs heat from the product to be cooled

• compresses the refrigerant vapor

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Reciprocating compressors have ____.

• a piston and cylinder

• two scrolls that mesh together

• a rotor to compress the refrigerant

• a large fan compressor component

The condenser ____.

• rejects the heat from the refrigerant

• controls the refrigerant flow throughout the system

• adds superheat to the refrigerant

• All of the above.