Question 1

What is the SI unit for temperature?

Accepted Answer

Kelvin

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Fahrenheit

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Rankine

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Celsius

Question 2

What is the heat transfer by direct contact called?

Accepted Answer

Conduction

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Radiation

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Convection

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Advection

Question 3

What is the specific heat of water?

Accepted Answer

4.184 J/g·K

Answer

2.54 J/g·K

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5.91 J/g·K

Answer

1.23 J/g·K

Question 4

What is the boiling point of water in Celsius?

Accepted Answer

100°C

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50°C

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0°C

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20°C

Question 5

What is the difference between temperature and heat?

Accepted Answer

Temperature is a measure of the average kinetic energy of particles in a substance, while heat is the energy transferred from one object to another due to a temperature difference.

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Heat is a measure of the average kinetic energy of particles in a substance, while temperature is the energy transferred from one object to another due to a temperature difference.

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Temperature and heat are the same thing.

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Temperature is the energy transferred from one object to another due to a temperature difference, while heat is a measure of the average kinetic energy of particles in a substance.

Question 6

What is temperature?

Accepted Answer

A measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in a substance

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The amount of heat in a substance

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The amount of matter in a substance

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A measure of the force exerted by a substance

Question 7

What is latent heat?

Accepted Answer

The amount of heat required to change the phase of a substance

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The color of a substance

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The amount of matter in a substance

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The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of a substance

Question 8

What is conduction?

Accepted Answer

The transfer of heat through direct contact between particles

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The transfer of heat through radiation

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The transfer of heat through fluid flow

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The transfer of heat through electromagnetic waves

Question 9

What is thermal equilibrium?

Accepted Answer

The state in which two objects are at the same temperature and no heat flows between them

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The state in which two objects have equal volumes

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The state in which two objects have equal forces

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The state in which two objects have equal masses

Question 10

What is heat?

Accepted Answer

The transfer of thermal energy from one object to another

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The color of an object

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The force exerted by an object

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The amount of matter in an object

Question 11

What is the first law of thermodynamics?

Accepted Answer

Energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transferred or transformed

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Heat always flows from cold to hot

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The rate of heat transfer is proportional to the temperature difference

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The entropy of a closed system always increases

Question 12

What is convection?

Accepted Answer

The transfer of heat through the movement of fluids

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The transfer of heat through radiation

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The transfer of heat through direct contact between particles

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The transfer of heat through electromagnetic waves

Question 13

What is radiation?

Accepted Answer

The transfer of energy through electromagnetic waves

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The transfer of heat through the movement of fluids

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The transfer of heat through direct contact between particles

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The transfer of heat through fluid flow

Question 14

What is a calorimeter?

Accepted Answer

A device used to measure the amount of heat released or absorbed in a chemical reaction or physical change

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A device used to measure pressure

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A device used to measure volume

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A device used to measure temperature

Question 15

What is specific heat?

Accepted Answer

The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of a substance by 1 degree Celsius

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The amount of heat required to cool 1 gram of a substance

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The amount of heat required to vaporize 1 gram of a substance

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The amount of heat required to melt 1 gram of a substance

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