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. What does the law of conservation of energy state?

Energy is transferred from warmer objects to colder objects. correct incorrect

Energy is transferred in the form of electromagnetic waves. correct incorrect

Energy can never be created or destroyed. correct incorrect

Energy is transferred between molecules in contact. correct incorrect

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. As heat flows from the warmer object to the cooler one, the molecules in the cooler object will begin to move faster as they gain what type of energy?

Sensible correct incorrect

Thermal correct incorrect

Kinetic correct incorrect

Potential correct incorrect

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. Which type of heat can be measured with a thermometer?

Specific correct incorrect

Latent correct incorrect

Sensible correct incorrect

Internal correct incorrect

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. Which of the following substances has the highest specific heat?

Gold correct incorrect

Ice (at 0°C) correct incorrect

Steam correct incorrect

Water correct incorrect

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. Which of the following can be considered a cooling process?

Evaporation correct incorrect

Freezing correct incorrect

Condensation correct incorrect

Deposition correct incorrect

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. Which term refers to the amount of heat associated with the phase change of a substance between liquid and gas?

Latent heat of fusion correct incorrect

Specific heat of deposition correct incorrect

Sensible heat of sublimation correct incorrect

Latent heat of vaporization correct incorrect

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. In an adiabatic process, temperature changes result from changes in what?

Friction correct incorrect

Pressure correct incorrect

Kinetic energy correct incorrect

Heat transfer correct incorrect

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. What happens to a rising parcel of air?

It decreases in size. correct incorrect

It increases in internal energy. correct incorrect

It does work on the surrounding air. correct incorrect

It warms. correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is NOT a diabatic process?

Conduction correct incorrect

Radiation correct incorrect

Wind shear correct incorrect

Convection correct incorrect

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. What is the only form of heat transfer that can operate in space?

Radiation correct incorrect

Convection correct incorrect

Conduction correct incorrect

Fusion correct incorrect

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. An increase in internal energy will result in a temperature increase, a phase change, or both.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

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. For two substances with the same mass and temperature, the one with the higher specific heat will contain less internal energy.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

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. Heat transfers energy by mechanical means.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

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. According to the first law of thermodynamics, the transfer of heat to a gas can allow the gas to perform work by expanding.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

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. Thermal convection and mechanical convection are both associated with turbulence.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect