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What is the primary factor that affects the temperature of a gas in transitional motion?
What is the primary factor that affects the temperature of a gas in transitional motion?
- Potential energy
- Internal energy (correct)
- Kinetic energy
- Electromagnetic energy
What is the term for the maximum efficiency achieved by a heat engine?
What is the term for the maximum efficiency achieved by a heat engine?
- Kelvin efficiency
- Carnot efficiency (correct)
- Thermal efficiency
- Adiabatic efficiency
What is the process in which there is no heat transfer between a system and its surroundings?
What is the process in which there is no heat transfer between a system and its surroundings?
- Isochoric process
- Isothermal process
- Adiabatic process (correct)
- Isobaric process
What is the term for the minimum temperature possible, defined as 0K?
What is the term for the minimum temperature possible, defined as 0K?
What is the device that compresses air or gas in a thermal system?
What is the device that compresses air or gas in a thermal system?
What is the law that states that energy cannot be created or destroyed, only converted from one form to another?
What is the law that states that energy cannot be created or destroyed, only converted from one form to another?
What is the fundamental principle of the 1st Law of Thermodynamics?
What is the fundamental principle of the 1st Law of Thermodynamics?
Which law of thermodynamics states that heat flows from a body at a higher temperature to a body at a lower temperature?
Which law of thermodynamics states that heat flows from a body at a higher temperature to a body at a lower temperature?
What is the absolute temperature scale?
What is the absolute temperature scale?
What is the boiling point of water in Fahrenheit?
What is the boiling point of water in Fahrenheit?
What is the freezing point of water in Celsius?
What is the freezing point of water in Celsius?
Who proposed the Celsius temperature scale?
Who proposed the Celsius temperature scale?
What is the energy that flows from one object to another because of a temperature difference?
What is the energy that flows from one object to another because of a temperature difference?
What is the process called when thermal heat flows from the hotter object to the cooler object?
What is the process called when thermal heat flows from the hotter object to the cooler object?
What is the instrument that uses expansion and contraction of a liquid to measure temperature?
What is the instrument that uses expansion and contraction of a liquid to measure temperature?
What is the scale for measuring temperature commonly used in the United States?
What is the scale for measuring temperature commonly used in the United States?
What is an example of conduction heat transfer?
What is an example of conduction heat transfer?
What is the science that deals with internal energy, heat, and work?
What is the science that deals with internal energy, heat, and work?
