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Thermodynamics

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

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Class
Date
1.

The measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles that make up that object is its

a)

Temperature

b)

Thermal Energy

c)

Heat

d)

Specific Heat

2.

The transfer of thermal energy in a fluid by movements of warmer and cooler fluid is

a)

Convection

b)

Conduction

c)

Radiation

d)

Thermal Insulator

3.

A device that converts some thermal energy into mechanical energy is a

a)

Heat Engine

b)

Internal Combustion Engine

c)

Thermodynameter

d)

Calorimeter

4.

The sum of the kinetic energy and the potential energy of all particles that make up an object is

a)

Thermal Energy

b)

Temperature

c)

Heat

d)

Specific Heat

5.

The transfer of thermal energy by collision of particles that make up matter is

a)

Conduction

b)

Convection

c)

Radiation

d)

Thermal Insulation

6.

Thermal energy will transfer between objects at different temperatures until

a)

the cooler object becomes the warmer object.

b)

the warmer object is cold.

c)

both objects are the same temperature.

d)

neither object has thermal energy.

7.

The moving particles that make up an object have _____ energy.

a)

decreasing

b)

increasing

c)

kinetic

d)

potential

8.

_____ is a measure of the average kinetic energy of all the particles that make up an object.

a)

Density

b)

Conduction

c)

Radiation

d)

Temperature

9.

If the particles that make up an object begin to move quickly, their average kinetic energy _____ and the object's temperature _____.

a)

increases, falls

b)

increases, rises

c)

decreases, rises

d)

decreases, falls

10.

Thermal energy is the _____ of the particles in a system.

a)

average kinetic energy

b)

temperature

c)

total energy

d)

potential energy

11.

_____ is the thermal energy that is transformed from a material with a higher temperature to one with a lower temperature.

a)

Heat

b)

Work

c)

Kinetic energy

d)

Potential energy

12.

If work is greater than heat in the figure, then what must be true about the couch?

a)

Its total energy is decreasing.

b)

Its total energy is constant.

c)

Its total energy is increasing.

d)

Its total energy increases, then decreases.

13.

Which material is a poor thermal insulator?

a)

iron

b)

feather

c)

air

d)

plastic

14.

A(n) ___________ is a device that converts thermal energy into mechanical energy.

a)

Heat Engine

b)

Thermometer

c)

Solar Collector

d)

Insulator

15.

___________ is the study of the relationships between heat, work, and thermal energy.

a)

Thermodynamics

b)

Specific Heats

c)

Calorimetry

d)

Thermal Analytics

16.

A 2 kg block of which material would require about 450 joules of thermal energy to increase its temperature by 1 degree Celsius?

a)

tin

b)

zinc

c)

gold

d)

lead

17.

Which scientific principle states that energy spontaneously spreads from more concentrated regions to less concentrated regions?

a)

Second Law of Thermodynamics

b)

First Law of Thermodynamics

c)

Law of Conservation of Energy

d)

Law of Heat and Work

18.

Which of the following types of thermal energy transfer is primarily responsible for heating the water in this figure?

a)

conduction

b)

convection

c)

convection and radiation

d)

conduction and convection

19.

Which device does work to transfer thermal energy from a cooler area to a warmer area?

a)

heat engine

b)

refrigerator

c)

solar collector

d)

stove

20.

With which unit is heat measured?

a)

Joule (J)

b)

Celsius (C)

c)

Fahrenheit (F)

d)

Kelvin (K)

21.

Which type of thermal energy transfer is occurring through the spoon in this figure?

a)

Conduction

b)

Radiation

c)

Convection

d)

Radioactivity

22.

What property of water makes it useful as a coolant?

a)

High Specific heat

b)

Low Specific Heat

c)

High Density

d)

Low Density

23.

Why do solids and liquids make better conductors than gases?

a)

Collisions occur more frequently between particles of solids and liquids.

b)

Collisions occur more frequently between particles of gases.

c)

Collisions do not occur between particles of solids and liquids.

d)

Gases convert more thermal energy into electrical energy.

24.

Why does radiation usually pass through gases more easily than through solids or liquids?

a)

Radiation is delayed every time it interacts with a particle of matter. Gases have less particles to delay the radiant energy.

b)

Radiation needs particles to be able to travel, gases provide the most particles to be able to transfer energy between.

c)

The increased mass in gases make it easier for the heated particles to move around the cooler particles.

d)

Radiation is absorbed by particles and gases and more quickly transmitted than in solids or liquids.

25.

Which is temperature most directly related to?

a)

kinetic energy

b)

mechanical energy

c)

potential energy

d)

thermal energy