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Chemical Engineering Vocabulary - Principles of Engineering

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the term for the following definition? When one variable goes up, the other goes down.

a)

inverse relationship

b)

direct relationship

c)

constant relationship

d)

random relationship

2.

What is the term for the following definition? When one variable goes up, the other goes up.

a)

direct relationship

b)

inverse relationship

c)

static relationship

d)

random relationship

3.

What is the term for the following definition? The use of fluids under pressure to generate, control, and transmit power.

a)

fluid power

b)

thermal conduction

c)

mechanical advantage

d)

electrical resistance

4.

What is the term for the following definition? A mechanical function that operates through the force of pressurized liquid.

a)

hydraulic

b)

pneumatic

c)

mechanical

d)

thermal

5.

What is the term for the following definition? A mechanical function that operates through the force of pressurized gas.

a)

pneumatic

b)

hydraulic

c)

electric

d)

magnetic

6.

What is the term for the following definition? A tank that holds fluid.

a)

reservoir

b)

condenser

c)

valve

d)

compressor

7.

What is the term for the following definition? A device used to create flow.

a)

pump

b)

valve

c)

filter

d)

compressor

8.

What is the term for the following definition? Any device that controls, either automatically or manually, the flow of a fluid.

a)

valve

b)

pump

c)

filter

d)

compressor

9.

What is the term for the following definition? A device that converts fluid power into linear mechanical force and motion.

a)

cylinder

b)

pump

c)

valve

d)

reservoir

10.

What is the term for the following definition? The measure of force acting perpendicular to a unit area.

a)

pressure

b)

velocity

c)

density

d)

temperature

11.

What is the term for the following definition? The use of a liquid flowing under pressure to transmit power from one location to another.

a)

hydraulic power

b)

pneumatic power

c)

mechanical linkage

d)

electrical transmission

12.

What is the term for the following definition? The use of a gas flowing under pressure to transmit power from one location to another.

a)

pneumatic power

b)

hydraulic power

c)

thermal conduction

d)

mechanical linkage

13.

What is the term for the following definition? Pressure exerted by a confined fluid acts undiminished equally in all directions.

a)

Pascal’s Law

b)

Boyle’s Law

c)

Archimedes’ Principle

d)

Bernoulli’s Principle

14.

What is the term for the following definition? The volume of fluid that moves through a system in a given period of time.

a)

flow rate

b)

pressure

c)

density

d)

viscosity

15.

What is the term for the following definition? The distance the fluid travels through a system in a given period of time.

a)

flow velocity

b)

fluid pressure

c)

turbulence

d)

viscosity

16.

What is the term for the following definition? Pressure within the atmosphere of the Earth, also known as air pressure or barometric pressure. Standard atmospheric pressure equals 14.7 lb/in², although it may be lower at higher elevations and lower at sea level. Atmospheric pressure = gauge pressure + 14.7 psi.

a)

atmospheric pressure

b)

hydrostatic pressure

c)

osmotic pressure

d)

vapor pressure

17.

What is the term for the following definition? The relative pressure of the compressed air within a system. It is measured relative to the ambient atmospheric pressure.

a)

gauge pressure

b)

absolute pressure

c)

vacuum pressure

d)

differential pressure

18.

What is the term for the following definition? The temperature at which molecular energy is at a minimum. Absolute Temperature = F°+460

a)

absolute temperature

b)

relative humidity

c)

specific heat

d)

thermal conductivity

19.

The volume of a gas at constant temperature varies inversely with the pressure exerted on it.

a)

Boyle's Law

b)

Charles's Law

c)

Avogadro's Law

d)

Gay-Lussac's Law

20.

Volume of gas increases or decreases as the temperature increases or decreases, provided the amount of gas and pressure remain constant.

a)

Charles' Law

b)

Boyle's Law

c)

Avogadro's Law

d)

Graham's Law

21.

Absolute pressure of a gas increases or decreases as the temperature increases or decreases, provided the amount of gas and the volume remain constant.

a)

Gay-Lussac’s Law

b)

Boyle’s Law

c)

Charles’s Law

d)

Avogadro’s Law

22.

The study of the effects of work, heat flow, and energy on a system.

a)

Thermodynamics

b)

Kinetics

c)

Electrostatics

d)

Optics

23.

Kinetic energy in transit from one object to another due to temperature difference. (Joules) ________

a)

Thermal Energy

b)

Potential Energy

c)

Chemical Energy

d)

Nuclear Energy

24.

The average kinetic energy of particles in an object—not the total amount of kinetic energy particles. (Degrees) ________

a)

Temperature

b)

Heat

c)

Pressure

d)

Volume

25.

When all kinetic energy is removed from an object 0 K = -273° C. ________

a)

Absolute Zero

b)

Boiling Point

c)

Freezing Point

d)

Room Temperature

26.

When touching objects within a system reach the same temperature.

a)

Thermal Equilibrium

b)

Thermal Expansion

c)

Thermal Conduction

d)

Thermal Radiation

27.

If two systems are separately found to be in thermal equilibrium with a third system, the first two systems are in thermal equilibrium with each other.

a)

Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics

b)

First Law of Thermodynamics

c)

Second Law of Thermodynamics

d)

Third Law of Thermodynamics

28.

The measure of how evenly distributed heat is within a system.

a)

Entropy

b)

Temperature

c)

Pressure

d)

Density

29.

The transfer of thermal energy by movement of fluid (liquid or gas). ________

a)

Convection

b)

Conduction

c)

Radiation

d)

Insulation

30.

The transfer of thermal energy within an object or between objects from molecule to molecule.

a)

Conduction

b)

Radiation

c)

Evaporation

d)

Convection

31.

The process by which energy is transmitted through a medium, including empty space, as electromagnetic waves.

a)

Radiation

b)

Conduction

c)

Convection

d)

Reflection

32.

All objects lose and gain thermal energy by electromagnetic radiation.

a)

Stefan’s Law

b)

Boyle’s Law

c)

Ohm’s Law

d)

Hooke’s Law

33.

The measure of a material’s ability to conduct heat.

a)

U-Value

b)

R-Value

c)

Thermal Expansion

d)

Specific Heat

34.

The measure of a material’s ability to resist heat.

a)

R-Value

b)

Conductivity

c)

Density

d)

Thermal Expansion

35.

Energy generated from the thermal energy stored beneath the Earth’s surface.

a)

Geothermal Energy

b)

Solar Energy

c)

Wind Energy

d)

Hydroelectric Energy