Thermodynamic Vocabulary

Which statement is true about the ENTROPY?

• Entropy refers to DISORDER, the unusable energy that escapes a system.

• Entropy refers to the balance of temperature among two or more systems.

• Entropy refers to the average kinetic energy of the molecules.

• Entropy refers to the inability to destroy or create energy. 

As a system becomes more disordered, entropy

• remains the same

• increases

• decreases

• cannot be determined

The first law of thermodynamics states that energy is

• created

• destroyed

• conserved

• created and destroyed

In zeroth law of thermodynamics, what is established between three substances?

• Thermal equilibrium

• Chemical equilibrium

The second law of Thermodynamics define

• Entropy

• Energy

• Enthalpy

• Heat

The second  law of thermodynamics states that entropy of a system  tends to ______________. 

• increase

• decrease

• stay constant

• fluctuate wildly

The _________ law states the entropy of a system approaches as constant value as the temperature approaches absolute zero.

• first

• second

• third

• zeroeth

A quasi-static process is ______________ process

Thermodynamics is the study of ________ and heat.

• temperature

• energy

• mass

• force

The ________ law of thermodynamics states the entropy of a system not in thermal equilibrium increases.

• first

• second

• third

• Zeroeth