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Heat and Thermo

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The disorder in a system is directly measured by its... 

a)

Temperature

b)

Entropy

c)

Heat

d)

Phase

2.

Time's Arrow (think entropy!) implies the... 

a)

B theory of time

b)

block universe model

c)

possibility of time travel

d)

heat death of the universe

3.

Two objects are in a closed system. One loses 5 J/K of entropy.  Statistically, we can predict that the second object will...

a)

Gain less than 5 J/K of entropy

b)

Gain more than 5 J/K of entropy

c)

Lose exactly 5 J/K of entropy

d)

Remain the same

4.

The relationship between temperature and entropy is... 

a)

direct

b)

inverse

c)

indirect

d)

contrapositive

5.

Erwin Schrodinger defined life as... 

(Hint: related to the disorder of the universe)

a)

a violation of the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics

b)

crystalline luxoid structures

c)

looped thermodynamic systems

d)

localized negative entropy

6.

As the temperature of a substance increases, its internal particles will, on average... 

a)

move faster

b)

move slower

c)

remain at rest

d)

maintain constant velocity

7.

As the average kinetic energy of a gas in a balloon increases, the balloon will... 

a)

PV = nRT

b)

get colder

c)

deflate more

d)

inflate more

8.

Air is ...

a)

a fluid

b)

95% oxygen

c)

weightless

d)

a low entropy substance

9.

A 100,000,000 °K star is sitting in a totally empty universe with nothing else in it but the star (treat the star as one unified object with no internal plasma flow). Is there heat in the system, why are why not? 

a)

No, because Kelvin is a logarithmic scale

b)

Yes, because the star is extremely hot

c)

No, because there is no thermal transfer to another object

d)

Yes, because the star emits thermions

10.

The phrase "heat rises" is mostly-wrong because...

a)

conduction works both horizontally and vertically

b)

radiation is emitted omnidirectionally

c)

air is not a fluid and doesn't undergo convection

d)

hot air rises but heat has no directionality

11.

You burn your feet while walking on hot sand at the beach. This process of thermal transfer is...

a)

conduction

b)

convection

c)

radiation

d)

transduction

12.

Boiling water bubbles due to heat being applied to the lowest layer of water. This process of thermal transfer is...

a)

conduction

b)

convection

c)

radiation

d)

transduction

13.

A day old burger is kept warm under a lamp at a fast food restaurant. This process of thermal transfer is... 

a)

conduction

b)

convection

c)

radiation

d)

transduction

14.

Convection requires a medium that can... 

a)

move freely due to being in a gaseous state

b)

move freely due to being in a liquid state

c)

circulate due to different relative densities

d)

absorb a large amount of heat without melting

15.

The type of thermal transfer that does not require a medium is... 

a)

conduction

b)

convection

c)

radiation

d)

transduction

16.

If two objects are in thermal equilibrium... 

a)

they have the same temperature

b)

they have the same internal kinetic energy

c)

heat will flow from the bigger object to the smaller object

d)

they are at absolute zero

17.

Object A is in thermal equilibrium with Object B. Object B is in thermal equilibrium with Object C. Therefore... 

a)

Object A has more thermal energy than object C

b)

Object A is in thermal equilibrium with Object C

c)

Object C has more thermal energy than Object A

d)

Object B has twice as much thermal energy as A or C

18.

If a crystalline substance is cooled to 0 °K, then... 

a)

its internal energy will increase

b)

all of its atomic and molecular motion will stop

c)

its particles will vibrate and spin faster

d)

its component atoms and molecules will undergo fission

19.

Water is virtually unique among substances on the planet Earth because... 

a)

it has an extremely low sublimation point

b)

it's found in its molecular state naturally

c)

it cannot absorb thermal energy

d)

it gets less dense as it freezes

20.

100% efficiency for any and every form of energy transfer is impossible due to...

a)

ionizing radiation

b)

luxoid bonding

c)

transtemperatureization

d)

entropy