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Isothermal or adiabaticRead the answer and worked solution →Type the yearRead the answer and worked solution →Fill the gaps on thermodynamicsRead the answer and worked solution →Spot the one that does not fitRead the answer and worked solution →Which law of thermodynamics leads to the concept of temperature?Read the answer and worked solution →In which year was the zeroth law of thermodynamics formulated?Read the answer and worked solution →Bodies A and B are each in thermal equilibrium with C. What follows for A and B?Read the answer and worked solution →Two systems in thermal equilibrium must have equal values of which quantity?Read the answer and worked solution →Before heat was understood as energy, it was pictured as an invisible fluid calledRead the answer and worked solution →Count Rumford's 1798 cannon-boring observation supported which idea?Read the answer and worked solution →Thermodynamics is best described as which kind of science?Read the answer and worked solution →A bullet pierces a wooden block and stops. Its kinetic energy mainly becomesRead the answer and worked solution →Why is internal energy called a state variable?Read the answer and worked solution →Which pair are NOT thermodynamic state variables?Read the answer and worked solution →Heat flows on its own between two bodies in contact fromRead the answer and worked solution →Between two given states, which quantity is independent of the path taken?Read the answer and worked solution →A gas expands by 2 x 10^-3 m^3 against a steady pressure of 10^5 Pa. Work done by the gas isRead the answer and worked solution →What is the SI unit of specific heat capacity?Read the answer and worked solution →Heat capacity per mole of a substance per kelvin is called itsRead the answer and worked solution →By equipartition of energy, the molar specific heat of a solid is aboutRead the answer and worked solution →Which solid is an exception to the 3R rule for molar heat at room temperature?Read the answer and worked solution →The prediction C = 3R for solids fails mainly atRead the answer and worked solution →One calorie is the heat needed to warm 1 g of water fromRead the answer and worked solution →About how much heat raises 100 g of water from 20 °C to 30 °C?Read the answer and worked solution →For an ideal gas, Cp - Cv equalsRead the answer and worked solution →An ideal gas has Cv = 20.8 J mol^-1 K^-1. Taking R = 8.31 J mol^-1 K^-1, Cp is aboutRead the answer and worked solution →For an ideal gas, Cv equals change in internal energy per kelvin per mole because U depends only onRead the answer and worked solution →A relation connecting state variables such as PV = µRT is calledRead the answer and worked solution →How many independent state variables does a fixed amount of ideal gas have?Read the answer and worked solution →A pressure-volume curve drawn at fixed temperature is calledRead the answer and worked solution →

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Isothermal or adiabatic

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Left
Isothermal
Items
  1. Item
    Temperature fixed
    Answer
    Isothermal
  2. Item
    PV stays constant
    Answer
    Isothermal
  3. Item
    In a reservoir
    Answer
    Isothermal
  4. Item
    Insulating wall
    Answer
    Adiabatic
  5. Item
    No heat crosses
    Answer
    Adiabatic
  6. Item
    System sealed off
    Answer
    Adiabatic
Right
Adiabatic
Instructions
Swipe left for isothermal, right for adiabatic.
_Source: syllabus Physics Part II, Chapter 12, Thermodynamics._

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Type the year

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Questions
  1. Answer
    1931
    Question
    In which year was the zeroth law formulated?
  2. Answer
    1822
    Question
    In which year was Rudolf Clausius born?
  3. Answer
    1888
    Question
    In which year did Clausius die?
Instructions
Type the number only.
_Source: syllabus Physics Part II, Chapter 12, Thermodynamics._

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Fill the gaps on thermodynamics

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Missing parts
  1. Answer
    zeroth
    Choices
    1. zeroth
    2. first
    3. third
  2. Answer
    fixed
    Choices
    1. fixed
    2. rising
    3. falling
  3. Answer
    cold
    Choices
    1. cold
    2. warm
    3. hot
  4. Answer
    decreases
    Choices
    1. decreases
    2. increases
    3. exists
Complete the statement
The {0} law leads to temperature. In an isothermal process the temperature is {1}. Heat never passes by itself from {2} to hot. Entropy of an isolated system never {3}.
Instructions
Tap a word to drop it into the empty slot.
_Source: syllabus Physics Part II, Chapter 12, Thermodynamics._

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