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A hot pizza contains __________.

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The efficiency of a heat engine


A) can never exceed the Carnot efficiency.
B) can be improved by lowering the temperature of the cool reservoir.
C) can be improved by raising the temperature of the hot reservoir.
D) all of the above

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Match each item with the correct statement below. -the maximum possible humidity


A) bimetallic strip
B) Carnot efficiency
C) conduction
D) convection
E) entropy
F) evaporation
G) heat
H) heat engine
I) heat mover
J) humidity
K) internal energy
L) radiation
M) saturation density
N) temperature

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When droplets of condensation form on the outside of a glass of ice water,it must be that in the air right next to the glass


A) the temperature is near the dew point.
B) the humidity is near the saturation density.
C) the relative humidity is near 100%.
D) all of the above

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A hot pizza contains heat.

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In the first law of thermodynamics,the work can be


A) only positive.
B) only negative.
C) neither.
D) either positive or negative.

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​Match each item with the correct statement below. -can be increased by doing work on a substance or by adding heat to it


A) ​bimetallic strip
B) ​Carnot efficiency
C) ​conduction
D) ​convection
E) ​entropy
F) ​evaporation
G) ​heat
H) ​heat engine
I) ​heat mover
J) humidity
K) ​internal energy
L) radiation
M) ​saturation density
N) temperature
O) ​dew point

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A wood stove in the corner of a cabin causes the entire cabin to become heated.This is an example of


A) heat conduction.
B) heat convection.
C) heat radiation.
D) thermal expansion.
E) none of the above.

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The latent heat of vaporization of water is roughly 10 times the latent heat of fusion of water.The amount of heat required to boil away 1 kg of water is __________ the amount of heat required to melt 1 kg of ice.


A) one tenth
B) equal to
C) 10 times
D) unrelated to

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When a substance is exposed to something that has a lower temperature,


A) work is done on it.
B) work is done by it.
C) heat is transferred from it.
D) heat is transferred to it.
E) none of the above.

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​Match each item with the correct statement below. -the density of water vapor in the air


A) ​bimetallic strip
B) ​Carnot efficiency
C) ​conduction
D) ​convection
E) ​entropy
F) ​evaporation
G) ​heat
H) ​heat engine
I) ​heat mover
J) humidity
K) ​internal energy
L) radiation
M) ​saturation density
N) temperature
O) ​dew point

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You hold one end of a solid rod in a fire,and the other end becomes hot.This is an example of __________.

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As the air cools at night the relative humidity usually drops.

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A material through which heat conducts slowly is called a __________.

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The Eiffel tower in Paris is made primarily of iron,whose coefficient of linear expansion is about 10 × 10−6/°C.On a cold day when the temperature is −10°C the Eiffel tower is 300 meters tall.Its height on a hot day when the temperature is 40°C is 300.15 m.

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A hot pizza contains


A) heat.
B) internal energy.
C) temperature.
D) work.
E) none of the above.

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The temperature of a gas can be increased by


A) compressing it.
B) adding heat to it.
C) doing work on it.
D) all of the above.
E) none of the above.

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An object transfers heat when its temperature is lowered by contact with

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specific heat capacity of ice = 2,000 J/kg-°C latent heat of fusion of water = 334,000 J/kg specific heat capacity of water = 4,000 J/kg-°C -As the ice is melting,the temperature of the ice-water mixture rises by 10°C.

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A piston compresses a gas,while at the same time heat is lost to the surroundings.The temperature of the gas rises.This is governed by the second law of thermodynamics.

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