Chapter 12

Question 1

Spontaneous process

Answer 1

occurs without the input of energy

Question 2

Nonspontaneous process

Answer 2

one that cannot occur unless driven” by input of energy from an external source

Question 3

Entropy

Answer 3

Entropy (S) is a thermodynamic function that
increases as the number of energetically equivalent
ways of arranging the components increases

Entropy is a state function

look up factorial calculations

Question 4

Microstates

Answer 4

the number of different possible arrangements of molecular position and kinetic energy at a particular thermodynamic state

Question 5

Quantized

Answer 5

The energy of a particle can only exist in discreet steps or states

Answer 6

Translational energies are discreet, not continuous

Know how to compare the energies of two different systems