quiz 5 Flashcards
law of conservation of energy formula
(KE + PE)initial = (KE + PE)final
how many calories is in 1 kcal?
1000 cal per 1 kcal
how many J in 1 Kilowatt-hour
3.60 x 10^6 J per Kilowatt-hour
What is a system?
system consists of those molecules which are reacting
What is the surroundings in an experiment?
everything else that is not the system?
what are the three types of systems?
open, closed, and isolated
what is an open system?
energy can flow in and out
matter can flow in and out
what is a closed system?
if closed beaker, matter can not flow in or out
what is a closed system?
if closed beaker, matter can not flow in or out
what is an isolated system?
insulated, energy cant flow in or out
what are the 2 types of energy transfer?
exothermic and endothermic
what is exothermic?
heart flows out from the system to the surrondings
what is endothermic?
heat flows in from the surrounding to the system
endo or exothermic: propane burning?
exothermic
endo or exothermic: food cooking?
endothermic
endo or exothermic: dry ice subliming?
endothermic
endo or exothermic: metal reacting with acid?
exothermic
what is internal energy (U)?
sum of PE and KE of a system
what are the properties of a state function?
the value does not depend on how it got there, change only asks for start and end points, state functions deal with change