A Trivia Quiz On Temperature And Thermal Energy?

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      The lowest temperature possible in nature is 

    • 0 degrees C
    • -273 degrees C
    • 4 K
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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!

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  • 2. 

    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

    • Warmer still

    • Cooler

    • Neither warmer nor cooler

    Correct Answer
    A. Cooler
  • 3. 

    The first law of thermodynamics is a restatement of the

    • Principle of entropy

    • Law of heat addition

    • Carnot cycle

    • Conservation of energy

    • None of these

    Correct Answer
    A. Conservation of energy
  • 4. 

    A quantity of water has more entropy when it is 

    • Frozen ice

    • Boiling

    • At room temperature

    Correct Answer
    A. Boiling
  • 5. 

    To wholly convert a given amount of heat energy into mechanical energy is

    • Possible using a steam engine

    • Possible using an atomic reactor

    • Possible using a simple machine

    • Impossible regardless of the technique used

    Correct Answer
    A. Impossible regardless of the technique used
  • 6. 

    Entropy measures

    • Temperature at constant pressure

    • Temperature at constant volume

    • Temperature as pressure increases

    • Temperature as volume increases

    • Messiness

    Correct Answer
    A. Messiness
  • 7. 

    To totally convert a given amount of mechanical energy into heat is

    • Possible

    • Impossible

    • Impossible to answer without additional information

    Correct Answer
    A. Possible
  • 8. 

    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

    • 0 degrees C

    • 64 degrees C

    • 100 degrees C

    • None of the above choices are correct

    Correct Answer
    A. None of the above choices are correct
  • 9. 

    A temperature inversion occurs when the upper layers of air are

    • Warmer than the lower regions of air

    • Cooler than the lower regions of air

    • At the same temperature as lower regions of air

    Correct Answer
    A. Warmer than the lower regions of air
  • 10. 

    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 

    • True

    • False

    • Cannot be determined without additional information

    Correct Answer
    A. False
  • 11. 

    Chinook winds tend to

    • Warm an environment

    • Cool an environment

    • Cool deserts at night

    • Warm deserts at sunrise

    Correct Answer
    A. Warm an environment
  • 12. 

    Entropy is closely related to the

    • 1st law of thermodynamics

    • 2nd law of thermodynamics

    • Both of these

    • Neither of these

    Correct Answer
    A. 2nd law of thermodynamics
  • 13. 

    The earth's atmosphere gets most of its heat

    • Near the surface of the Earth

    • At high altitudes closer to the sun

    • From the Earth's core

    Correct Answer
    A. Near the surface of the Earth
  • 14. 

    Adiabatic processes occur 

    • Only in the atmosphere

    • Only in the oceans

    • Only in the earth's mantle

    • In both the atmosphere and the oceans

    • In the atmosphere, oceans and the earth's mantle

    Correct Answer
    A. In the atmosphere, oceans and the earth's mantle
  • 15. 

    A process which takes place at constant temperature is

    • An adiabatic process

    • An isothermal process

    • Impossible

    Correct Answer
    A. An isothermal process
  • 16. 

    Entropy can be

    • Created but not destroyed

    • Neither created nor destroyed

    • Sometimes destroyed but never created

    Correct Answer
    A. Created but not destroyed
  • 17. 

    During an adiabatic compression of an ideal gas

    • The internal energy of the gas remains constant

    • The temperature of the gas does not change

    • No heat is supplied to or removed from the gas

    • No work is done on the gas

    • None of the above choices are true

    Correct Answer
    A. No heat is supplied to or removed from the gas
  • 18. 

    The greater the difference in temperature between the input reservoir and the output reservoir for a heat engine, the

    • Greater the efficiency

    • Less the efficiency

    • Neither efficiency of a heat engine doesn't depend on temperature difference

    Correct Answer
    A. Neither efficiency of a heat engine doesn't depend on temperature difference
  • 19. 

    When an ideal gas is subjected to an adiabatic process

    • No work is done on the gas

    • The temperature of the gas does not change

    • The internal energy of the gas does not change

    • Choices A, B, and C are all true

    • None of the above choices are true

    Correct Answer
    A. None of the above choices are true
  • 20. 

    • Less entropy

    • More entropy

    • No entropy

    Correct Answer
    A. No entropy

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