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What is a simple statement of the second law of thermodynamics?
What is a simple statement of the second law of thermodynamics?
- Heat always flows from hotter to colder regions (correct)
- Heat always flows from colder to hotter regions
- Heat does not flow between regions
- Heat flows randomly between regions
What does the second law of thermodynamics predict about processes?
What does the second law of thermodynamics predict about processes?
- It predicts all possible processes in a thermodynamic system
- It predicts the exact amount of heat transfer in a process
- It predicts the temperature at which a process occurs
- It predicts whether processes are forbidden despite obeying the requirement of conservation of energy (correct)
What concept does the second law of thermodynamics establish as a physical property of a thermodynamic system?
What concept does the second law of thermodynamics establish as a physical property of a thermodynamic system?
- Entropy (correct)
- Temperature
- Enthalpy
- Pressure
What does the second law state about the entropy of isolated systems left to spontaneous evolution?
What does the second law state about the entropy of isolated systems left to spontaneous evolution?
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What accounts for the irreversibility of natural processes according to the second law?
What accounts for the irreversibility of natural processes according to the second law?
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