Chapter 5 Flashcards
A bimetallic strip is usable as a thermometer because of
thermal expansion.
The amount of heat energy a refrigerator removes from the food stored inside it is _____ the amount of electrical energy required to run the refrigerator.
less than.
used in thermostats and some thermometers
- bimetallic strip
can be increased by doing work on a substance or by adding heat to it
- internal energy
main mechanism of heat transfer in a solid
- conduction
the temperature scale most commonly used in the United States
- Fahrenheit
this is how we receive heat from the sun
- radiation
refrigerators, air conditioners and heat pumps are examples
- heat mover
the temperature scale based on setting the freezing point of water at 0 and the boiling point of water at 100.
- Celsius (Centigrate)
the best that a heat engine can have
- Carnot efficiency
heat transfer by way of buoyant mixing in a fluid
- convection
the temperature scale where the numeriocal value is proportional to the average kinetic energy of atoms and molecules in a substance
- Kelvin
The coefficient of linear expansion of ordinary glass is three times that of Pyrex glass. An ordinary glass rod and a Pyrex glass rod of equal lengths at room temperature are dropped into boiling water. The change in length of the ordinary glass rod will be _____ the change in length of the Pyrex glass rod.
3 times
When water boils, its temperature
stays constant.
The internal energy of a volume of gas can be increased by
(A) compressing it.
(B) allowing heat to flow into it.
(C) allowing it to expand.
(D) none of the above.
A and B
The warmth you feel from the sun at the beach is an example of
heat radiation.
What is the maximum efficiency (in percent) of a heat engine operating between 293 kelvins and 273 kelvins, which is the temperatures at the surface and several hundred meters below the surface, respectively, of the ocean?
6.8
Which of the following correlates best with the average temperature of the earth . . .
Solar activity
A piece of chocolate melts in your mouth. This is an example of
heat conduction.
Natural processes tend to increase the _____ of thermodynamic systems.
entropy
What is the principle mechanism causing earth’s temperature to warm and cool?
Solar activity affects cloud formation, which is part of the earth’s natural thermostat. High solar activity retards cloud formation, and the earth warms. With low solar activity there is more cloud formation and the earth cools.
When a substance comes in contact with something that has a lower temperature,
heat is transferred from the substance.
Which are bigger: Celsius (Centigrate) degrees or Fahrenheit degrees?
Celsius (Centigrate)
The total kinetic and potential energies of all the atoms and molecules of a substance is its
internal energy.