Thermodynamics trivia

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• When water in a pot is heated, warm water rises and cold water sinks. Which mode of heat transfer is this?Thermodynamics
• Which quantity gives the heat needed to raise the temperature of one kilogram of a substance by one kelvin?Thermodynamics
• Which law states that energy may change form but is never created or destroyed?Thermodynamics
• Which change of state turns a solid into a liquid as it takes in heat?Thermodynamics
• Which equation gives the relation between the pressure P, volume V, amount n, and absolute temperature T of an ideal gas?Thermodynamics
• When you touch the handle of a hot pot, by which mode does heat pass into your hand?Thermodynamics
• What is the SI unit of thermodynamic absolute temperature?Thermodynamics
• Which physical quantity does a thermometer measure?Thermodynamics
• When water in a kettle is heated, the hot water below rises and spreads the heat. Which mode of transfer is this?Thermodynamics
• What is the SI unit of energy, heat included?Thermodynamics
• The Sun's heat reaches the Earth because the air of outer space carries it here.Thermodynamics
• The first law of thermodynamics is the law that heat must always flow in one direction only.Thermodynamics
• Convection is heat transfer in which nothing moves at all and the heat passes only through collisions between particles.Thermodynamics
• A black surface tends to absorb thermal radiation better than a white one.Thermodynamics
• Water has a fairly high specific heat, so its temperature changes relatively slowly for the same amount of heat.Thermodynamics
• A gas that expands and pushes a piston can do work on its surroundings.Thermodynamics
• Left alone, heat moves of its own accord from a colder body to a hotter one.Thermodynamics
• The higher the temperature of a substance, the smaller the average kinetic energy of its particles generally becomes.Thermodynamics
• Metal generally conducts heat better than wood.Thermodynamics
• At standard atmospheric pressure the freezing point of water is 0 degrees Celsius.Thermodynamics