Thermodynamics Quiz

What is thermodynamics?

• study of heat and work

• study of atoms

• study of momentum

• study of light

The second law of thermodynamics states that entropy of a system tends to _________.

• increase

• decrease

• stay constant

• fluctuate wildly

The first law of thermodynamics states that energy is

• created

• conserved

• destroyed

• created and destroyed

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

• force

• mass

• work done

• pressure

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

• Second

• Zeroth

• First

• Third

What is internal energy?

• The sum of the kinetic and potential energy of the particles of a substance.

• The amount of heat an object contains.

• The energy required to change the state of a substance.

• The energy lost to the surroundings.

It states that if two thermodynamic systems are each in thermal equilibrium with a third, then they are in thermal equilibrium with each other.

• Second Law of Thermodynamics

• First Law of Thermodynamics

• Third Law of Thermodynamics

• Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics

• none of the above

Temperature is a measure of the...

• total energy in a substance

• average kinetic energy of molecules in a substance

• average potential energy in a substance

• total kinetic energy in a substance

• none of the above

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

• heat

• temperature

• internal energy

• acceleration

• velocity

The first law of thermodynamics states that energy is

• destroyed

• created

• conserved

• created and destroyed

• none of the above