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Thermodynamic Terms

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Energy

a)

the capacity for doing work

b)

the heat coming from the sun

c)

the vitamins we get from food

d)

a unit for thermodynamics

2.

Work

a)

the equivalent unit of energy

b)

transfer of energy

c)

a result of labor

d)

a unit of measure

3.

Kinetic Energy

a)

energy associated with an object's potential to do work

b)

energy that is at rest

c)

energy associated with objects in motion

d)

energy stored in an object

4.

Potential energy

a)

energy associated with an object's potential to do work

b)

energy at rest

c)

energy associated with objects in motion

d)

energy transferred from one object to the other

5.

Heat Energy

a)

energy possessed within the object

b)

energy transfer from one system to the other

c)

energy resulted from the movement of molecules

d)

energy stored in a body

6.

Exothermic change

a)

one that gives off heat

b)

on that stores heat

c)

one that converts heat to something else

d)

one that gives a pathway to heat

7.

Endothermic change

a)

heat released in the environment

b)

heat coming from the sun

c)

resulting from green house effect

d)

absorption of heat

8.

Thermodynamics

a)

process of which energy is transferred

b)

vibration of molecules

c)

process of storing energy

d)

process of conversion of energy

9.

Enthalpy

a)

A thermodynamic quantity used to describe heat changes taking place at constant pressure.

b)

A thermodynamic quantity used to describe heat conversion into a different form of energy.

c)

A thermodynamic quantity used to describe heat storage on a system.

d)

A thermodynamic quantity used to describe the movement of molecules resulting heat.

10.

Specific Heat

a)

The amount of energy needed for the system to work.

b)

The amount of heat energy required to raise the temperature of one gram of a substance by one degree Celsius.

c)

The amount of heat stored within a system.

d)

The type of energy required for a system to function.