Physics and Thermodynamics

The SI unit for measuring heat is the 

• pascal
• newton
• Joule
• calorie

Thermodynamics is the study of what?

• The transfer of energy
• The creation of energy
• The speed of reactions 
• The affect of heat on the speed of a reaction 

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In heat transfer, heat always flows from the _______________ substance to the _______________ substance.

• Hotter to colder
• Colder to hotter
• Hotter to hotter
• Colder to colder

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A measure of the amount of disorder or randomness in a system.

• Entropy

• Exothermic

• First Law of Thermodynamics

• Heat engine

Everything in the universe that is outside a defined system.

• Surroundings

• Open system

• Closed system

• Thermodynamics

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The _____ Law of Thermodynamics says that heat always flows from an object with a higher temperature to an object of lower temperature naturally

• Zeroth
• First
• Second
• Third

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A thermometer measures temperature which is best described as

• heat movement of particles
• average kinetic energy of particles
• calorimetry experiment
• specific heat of a substance

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The amount of energy required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of a substance by 1^o C is known as:

• Specific heat capacity

• Heat of fusion

• Heat of vaporization

• Melting point

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A substance with a high specific heat:

• Is always extremely hot.

• Requires a lot of energy to become hot.

• Is not heavy.

• Does not require a lot of energy to become hot.

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The transfer of thermal energy between objects of different temperatures is called...

• temperature
• heat
• internal energy
• none of these

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