Thermodynamic Concepts Online Test

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Description: This quiz covers the fundamental concepts of thermodynamics, including the laws of thermodynamics, heat transfer, and work.
Number of Questions: 15
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Which law of thermodynamics states that energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transferred or transformed?

Which law of thermodynamics states that the entropy of an isolated system always increases over time?

Which law of thermodynamics states that the entropy of a perfect crystal at absolute zero is zero?

Which law of thermodynamics states that two systems in thermal equilibrium with a third system are in thermal equilibrium with each other?

What is the SI unit of energy?

What is the SI unit of heat capacity?

What is the SI unit of thermal conductivity?

What is the SI unit of entropy?

What is the SI unit of work?

What is the difference between heat and work?

Heat is the transfer of energy due to a temperature difference, while work is the transfer of energy due to a force acting through a distance.
Heat is the transfer of energy due to a force acting through a distance, while work is the transfer of energy due to a temperature difference.
Heat and work are the same thing.
Heat and work are not related.

What are the three main types of heat transfer?

What is the most efficient way to transfer heat?

What is the least efficient way to transfer heat?

What is the formula for the efficiency of a heat engine?

What is the Carnot efficiency?

The maximum possible efficiency of a heat engine operating between two reservoirs at different temperatures.
The minimum possible efficiency of a heat engine operating between two reservoirs at different temperatures.
The average efficiency of a heat engine operating between two reservoirs at different temperatures.
The efficiency of a heat engine operating between two reservoirs at the same temperature.

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