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True or false
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A sealed piston-cylinder is modeled as a closed system. Can energy cross its boundary even though matter cannot?
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02
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A pump moves water through a defined region, with water and energy crossing that region's boundary. How should the region be classified?
- A
An isolated system
- B
An open system
- C
A closed system
- D
A system that cannot exchange energy
03
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A measurable characteristic that depends on a system's present condition, not on how it reached that condition, is a .
04
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What is the name of the property defined as volume per unit mass?
05
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Which description distinguishes an isolated system from both an open and a closed system?
- A
It exchanges energy but not matter.
- B
It exchanges matter and energy.
- C
It exchanges neither matter nor energy.
- D
It exchanges matter but not energy.
06
True or false
1 point
An adiabatic process must occur at constant temperature.
- A
True
- B
False
07
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A process in which pressure remains constant is called .
08
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What form of equilibrium means that no unbalanced pressure or force differences are driving motion?
09
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Which condition defines thermal equilibrium?
- A
The system has no temperature differences driving heat transfer.
- B
The system has no net chemical reaction changing its composition.
- C
The system has no net change in the amounts of its phases.
- D
The system has no unbalanced pressure or force differences driving motion.
10
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Select all statements that correctly describe thermodynamic boundary classifications.
- A
A fixed boundary does not change position.
- B
A moving boundary changes position.
- C
A real boundary corresponds to a physical surface.
- D
An imaginary boundary is selected for analysis rather than being a physical surface.
- E
An adiabatic boundary permits heat transfer.
- F
An adiabatic boundary prevents heat transfer in the model.
- G
A diathermal boundary permits heat transfer.
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Select all of the following that are extensive properties.
- A
Mass
- B
Temperature
- C
Volume
- D
Pressure
- E
Total internal energy
- F
Density
12
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Which statement correctly distinguishes heat and work from state properties?
- A
Heat and work are properties that define a system's state.
- B
Heat is a state property, while work is an extensive property.
- C
Heat and work are transfers associated with processes, not properties stored in a system.
- D
Work is a state property, while heat is an intensive property.
13
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For a simple, compressible substance of fixed composition, which two independent properties often suffice to specify the state?
14
Open ended
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Explain how state properties differ from a thermodynamic process. Include how two processes can relate to the same initial and final states, and clarify whether heat and work are properties stored in the system.
15
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In thermodynamic analysis, what term refers to everything outside the system?
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A rigid, sealed container is heated, so its volume cannot change. Which process constraint describes this change?
- A
Isothermal
- B
Isochoric
- C
Isobaric
- D
Adiabatic
17
True or false
1 point
A thermodynamic boundary must always coincide with a physical surface. Is this statement true or false?
- A
True
- B
False
18
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1 point
A pump moves water through a selected region, with water entering and leaving while energy is also transferred. How should the region be classified?
- A
An isolated system
- B
A closed system
- C
An open system
- D
A system in thermal equilibrium
19
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A sample is divided into two smaller parts of the same material. Which listed quantity remains the same for each part, assuming the material is uniform?
- A
Specific volume
- B
Total volume
- C
Mass
- D
Total internal energy
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Which statement best explains why pressure is classified as a state property?
- A
Its value depends on the path taken to reach the current condition.
- B
It describes only energy transferred across the boundary.
- C
It must be extensive and additive.
- D
Its value depends on the system's present condition, not the path taken to reach it.