Q2 Understanding Thermodynamics

Question 1

Part of the universe in which you focus your attention

Answer 1

System

Question 2

This influences what you are looking at

Answer 2

Surroundings

Question 3

This is made up of systems & surrounding

Answer 3

Universe

Question 4

3 types of systems

Answer 4

1. Open system
2. Closed system
3. Isolated system

Question 5

Type of system where heat & matter can pass through

Answer 5

Open system

Question 6

Type of system where heat can pass through but matter can’t

Answer 6

Closed system

Question 7

Type of system where heat and matter can’t pass through

Answer 7

Isolated system

Question 8

2 laws of thermodynamics

Answer 8

1. Law of conservation
2. Law of entropy

Question 9

Law of thermodynamics which states that energy is neither created/destroyed, it can only change its form

Answer 9

Law of conservation

Question 10

Law of thermodynamics which states that any spontaneously occuring process will always lead to the escalation in the entropy of the universe

Answer 10

Law of entropy

Question 11

The man who stated the law of entropy

Answer 11

Rudolf Clausius

Question 12

Change in the way matter is distributed (CHAOS)

Answer 12

Spontaneous process

Question 13

Describes the degree of RANDOMNESS or probability of existence, it is a thermodynamic (energy) function

Answer 13

Entropy

Question 14

HIGH entropy = __________ probability

Answer 14

HIGH