Quiz no.

Which of the following refers to the law stating that energy cannot be created or destroyed

• Conservation

• Entropy

• Heat transfer

• Work

What term is used to describe the energy associated with the motion of particles within a system?

• Chemical

• Kinetic

• Potential

• Thermal

What is the term for a process that involves the expansion or compression of a gas?

• Adiabatic

• Isobaric

• Isochoric

• Isothermal

What describes the movement of energy from a hot object to a cold object?

• Conduction

• Convection

• Heat transfer

• Radiation

Which term refers to the transfer of energy through mechanical means?

• Conduction

• Entropy

• Radiation

• Work

Which term describes the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of a unit mass of a substance by one degree Celsius?

• Heat capacity

• Heat transfer

• Latent heat

• Specific heat

What kind of function depends only on the initial and final states of a system, not the path taken

• Mechanical function

• Path function

• State function

• Thermal function

What term refers to a system that can exchange both energy and matter with its surroundings?

• Adiabatic system

• Closed system

• Isolated system

• Open system

Which term refers to the pressure exerted by a system at equilibrium?

• Enthalpy

• Internal energy

• Pressure

• Temperature

What is the measure of the average kinetic energy of particles within a system?

• Enthalpy

• Internal energy

• Pressure

• Temperature