Temperature in Thermodynamics

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What is temperature considered as in thermodynamics?

A measure of hotness or coldness

A measure of heat transfer

A measure of thermal equilibrium

A measure of the energy content of a mass (correct)

What causes heat transfer between two bodies according to the text?

Difference in volume

Difference in shape

Difference in mass

Difference in temperature (correct)

When are two bodies considered to be in thermal equilibrium?

When they have the same volume

When they have the same mass

When they have reached the same temperature (correct)

When they have the same shape

What is the simple fact known as the zeroth law of thermodynamics according to the text?

If two bodies are in thermal equilibrium with a third body, they are also in thermal equilibrium with each other Signup and view all the answers

What is the main cause of heat transfer between bodies according to the text?

Difference in temperature Signup and view all the answers

What is temperature considered as in thermodynamics?

A measure of the energy content of a mass Signup and view all the answers

What causes energy, called heat transfer, to flow from a hot body to a cold body?

Difference in temperature Signup and view all the answers

When are two bodies considered to be in thermal equilibrium?

When they have reached the same temperature Signup and view all the answers

What is the simple fact known as the zeroth law of thermodynamics?

Two bodies are in thermal equilibrium with a third body, they are also in thermal equilibrium with each other Signup and view all the answers

What is the function of temperature in relation to heat energy transfer?

It causes energy transfer from hot body to cold body Signup and view all the answers

Temperature is considered as a thermodynamic property that is the measure of the energy content of a mass. When heat energy is transferred to a body, the body's energy content increases and so does its ______

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Two bodies are in thermal equilibrium when they have reached the same ______

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Temperature in Thermodynamics

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What is temperature considered as in thermodynamics?

What causes heat transfer between two bodies according to the text?

When are two bodies considered to be in thermal equilibrium?

What is the simple fact known as the zeroth law of thermodynamics according to the text?

What is the main cause of heat transfer between bodies according to the text?

What is temperature considered as in thermodynamics?

What causes energy, called heat transfer, to flow from a hot body to a cold body?

When are two bodies considered to be in thermal equilibrium?

What is the simple fact known as the zeroth law of thermodynamics?

What is the function of temperature in relation to heat energy transfer?

Temperature is considered as a thermodynamic property that is the measure of the energy content of a mass. When heat energy is transferred to a body, the body's energy content increases and so does its ______

Two bodies are in thermal equilibrium when they have reached the same ______

If two bodies are in thermal equilibrium with a third body, they are also in thermal equilibrium with each ______

This simple fact is known as the zeroth law of ______

The temperature scales used in the SI and ______

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