Laws of Thermodynamics

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Science
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12th Grade
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Hard
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Lisa Thompson
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25 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What does the second law of thermodynamics state?
That entropy (disorder) always increases.
That entropy (disorder) decreases
That entropy is heat
That entropy is order
Tags
NGSS.HS-PS3-4
2.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What does the first law of thermodynamics state?
That energy can not be created or destroyed
That energy can be created and destroyed because
I AM GOD!!!!!!!
That energy can be transformed or transferred
That energy CAN NOT be transformed or transferred
Tags
NGSS.HS-PS3-3
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Why is 10% of energy lost to the environment as it goes up a trophic level?
Remember this energy is lost not destroyed (per the 1st law of thermodynamics)
Because the animals are lazy and leave 10% of their food behind
Because energy is lost as heat.
Because decomposers generate energy
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NGSS.MS-LS1-6
NGSS.MS-LS2-3
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Neither mass or energy can be created or destroyed.
First Law of Thermodynamics
Second Law of Thermodynamics
Murphy's Law
DeWeese's Law
Tags
NGSS.HS-PS1-4
NGSS.HS-PS1-7
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The second law of thermodynamics states that entropy of a system tends to ______________.
increase
decrease
stay constant
fluctuate wildly
Tags
NGSS.HS-PS3-4
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The first law of thermodynamics states that energy is
created
destroyed
conserved
created and destroyed
Tags
NGSS.HS-PS3-2
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The first law of thermodynamics states that the change in the internal energy of a system is equal to the difference in energy transferred to or from the system as heat and
mass
work done
force
pressure
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