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Which of the following is a statement of the second law of thermodynamics?
Which of the following is a statement of the second law of thermodynamics?
- The internal energy of an isolated system is constant
- Heat always flows from a hot object to a cold object
- Energy can neither be created nor destroyed
- The entropy of any isolated system not in equilibrium tends to increase over time (correct)
Which law of thermodynamics states that energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed from one form to another?
Which law of thermodynamics states that energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed from one form to another?
- Second law of thermodynamics
- Third law of thermodynamics
- First law of thermodynamics (correct)
- Zeroth law of thermodynamics
In thermodynamics, what does the term 'adiabatic' refer to?
In thermodynamics, what does the term 'adiabatic' refer to?
- A process at constant pressure
- A process in which no heat is transferred to or from the system (correct)
- A process at constant volume
- A process at constant temperature
