A Trivia Quiz On Temperature And Thermal Energy?
Things are heating up in this quiz, as we take a look at the topics of temperature, which you know all about when you check the thermostat or have to use a thermometer, as well as thermal energy – the energy produced by heat. What do you know about the two? Take the quiz and we’ll find out!
- 1.The lowest temperature possible in nature is
- A.
0 degrees C
- B.
-273 degrees C
- C.
4 K
- 2.A volume of air has a temperature of 0 degrees Celsius. An equal volume of air that is twice as hot has a temperature of
- A.
0 degrees C
- B.
64 degrees C
- C.
100 degrees C
- D.
None of the above choices are correct
- 3.To wholly convert a given amount of heat energy into mechanical energy is
- A.
Possible using a steam engine
- B.
Possible using an atomic reactor
- C.
Possible using a simple machine
- D.
Impossible regardless of the technique used
- 4.To totally convert a given amount of mechanical energy into heat is
- A.
Possible
- B.
Impossible
- C.
Impossible to answer without additional information
- 5.The greater the difference in temperature between the input reservoir and the output reservoir for a heat engine, the
- A.
Greater the efficiency
- B.
Less the efficiency
- C.
Neither efficiency of a heat engine doesn't depend on temperature difference
- 6.The first law of thermodynamics is a restatement of the
- A.
Principle of entropy
- B.
Law of heat addition
- C.
Carnot cycle
- D.
Conservation of energy
- E.
None of these
- 7.Chinook winds tend to
- A.
Warm an environment
- B.
Cool an environment
- C.
Cool deserts at night
- D.
Warm deserts at sunrise
- 8.
- A.
Less entropy
- B.
More entropy
- C.
No entropy
- 9.A temperature inversion occurs when the upper layers of air are
- A.
Warmer than the lower regions of air
- B.
Cooler than the lower regions of air
- C.
At the same temperature as lower regions of air
- 10.Entropy measures
- A.
Temperature at constant pressure
- B.
Temperature at constant volume
- C.
Temperature as pressure increases
- D.
Temperature as volume increases
- E.
Messiness
- 11.Entropy is closely related to the
- A.
1st law of thermodynamics
- B.
2nd law of thermodynamics
- C.
Both of these
- D.
Neither of these
- 12.Blow on your hand with your open mouth and you feel the warmth of your breath. Pucker your lips so your breath expands as you blow and your breath is
- A.
Warmer still
- B.
Cooler
- C.
Neither warmer nor cooler
- 13.The earth's atmosphere gets most of its heat
- A.
Near the surface of the Earth
- B.
At high altitudes closer to the sun
- C.
From the Earth's core
- 14.Industrialization on Earth eventually heats our surroundings to temperatures that are higher than usual. Industrialization in space habitats using exclusively solar power eventually will thermally pollute the solar
- A.
True
- B.
False
- C.
Cannot be determined without additional information
- 15.Adiabatic processes occur
- A.
Only in the atmosphere
- B.
Only in the oceans
- C.
Only in the earth's mantle
- D.
In both the atmosphere and the oceans
- E.
In the atmosphere, oceans and the earth's mantle
- 16.When an ideal gas is subjected to an adiabatic process
- A.
No work is done on the gas
- B.
The temperature of the gas does not change
- C.
The internal energy of the gas does not change
- D.
Choices A, B, and C are all true
- E.
None of the above choices are true
- 17.During an adiabatic compression of an ideal gas
- A.
The internal energy of the gas remains constant
- B.
The temperature of the gas does not change
- C.
No heat is supplied to or removed from the gas
- D.
No work is done on the gas
- E.
None of the above choices are true
- 18.A process which takes place at constant temperature is
- A.
An adiabatic process
- B.
An isothermal process
- C.
Impossible
- 19.A quantity of water has more entropy when it is
- A.
Frozen ice
- B.
Boiling
- C.
At room temperature
- 20.Entropy can be
- A.
Created but not destroyed
- B.
Neither created nor destroyed
- C.
Sometimes destroyed but never created
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