Thermodynamics Exam 1
Question and Answers Updated
2026
ThermodynamicsB-
BAnswerBTheBstudyBofBmotionBofBheatBandBitsBeffectBonBsurroundings
SystemB-BAnswerBSomethingBofBinterestBtoBourBstudy
SurroundingB-BAnswerBEverythingBexternalBtoBtheBsystem
BoundaryB-BAnswerBSeparatesBtheBsystemBfromBitsBsurroundings
ClosedBSystemB-BAnswerB-massBisBconstant
-couldBhaveBheatBorBworkBinteractions
-closedBtoBmassBflow
IsolatedBSystemB-BAnswerB(specialBcaseBofBclosedBsystem)
-DoesBnotBinteractBinBanywayBwithBitsBsurroundings
-noBheatBorBworkBinteraction
-noBmassBflow
OpenBSystemB-BAnswerB-controlBvolume
-massBflowBtakesBplace
-heatBandBworkBinteractionsBtakeBplace
MacroscopicB-BAnswerB-classicalBapproach
-largeBscale
, -concernedBwithBtheBgross/overallBbehavior
MicroscopicB-BAnswerB-statisticalBapproach
-smallBscale
-concernedBdirectlyBwithBtheBstructureBofBmatter
PropertyB-BAnswerB-describesBtheBstateBofBtheBsystem
-
macroscopicBcharacteristicBofBaBsystemBsuchBasBmass,Bvolume,Benergy,Bpressure,Band
BtemperatureBtoBwhichBaBnumericalBvalueBcanBbeBassignedBatBaBgivenBtimeBwithout
BknowledgeBofBtheBpreviousBbehavior
stateB-BAnswerB-conditionBofBaBsystemBasBdescribedBbyBitsBproperties
steadyBstateB-BAnswerBpropertiesBdoBnotBchangeBwithBtime
transientBstateB-BAnswerBpropertiesBchangeBwithBtime
processB-
BAnswerBwhenBanyBofBtheBpropertiesBofBaBsystemBchangesBtheBstateBchangesBandBt
heBsystemBundergoesBa...
extensiveBpropertiesB-
BAnswerBtheBvalueBforBanBoverallBsystemBisBtheBsumBofBitsBvaluesBforBtheBpartsBint
oBwhichBtheBsystemBisBdivided
intensiveBpropertiesB-BAnswerB-oneBvalueBforBtheBwholeBsystem
-specificBvolume,Bpressure,Btemperature
Question and Answers Updated
2026
ThermodynamicsB-
BAnswerBTheBstudyBofBmotionBofBheatBandBitsBeffectBonBsurroundings
SystemB-BAnswerBSomethingBofBinterestBtoBourBstudy
SurroundingB-BAnswerBEverythingBexternalBtoBtheBsystem
BoundaryB-BAnswerBSeparatesBtheBsystemBfromBitsBsurroundings
ClosedBSystemB-BAnswerB-massBisBconstant
-couldBhaveBheatBorBworkBinteractions
-closedBtoBmassBflow
IsolatedBSystemB-BAnswerB(specialBcaseBofBclosedBsystem)
-DoesBnotBinteractBinBanywayBwithBitsBsurroundings
-noBheatBorBworkBinteraction
-noBmassBflow
OpenBSystemB-BAnswerB-controlBvolume
-massBflowBtakesBplace
-heatBandBworkBinteractionsBtakeBplace
MacroscopicB-BAnswerB-classicalBapproach
-largeBscale
, -concernedBwithBtheBgross/overallBbehavior
MicroscopicB-BAnswerB-statisticalBapproach
-smallBscale
-concernedBdirectlyBwithBtheBstructureBofBmatter
PropertyB-BAnswerB-describesBtheBstateBofBtheBsystem
-
macroscopicBcharacteristicBofBaBsystemBsuchBasBmass,Bvolume,Benergy,Bpressure,Band
BtemperatureBtoBwhichBaBnumericalBvalueBcanBbeBassignedBatBaBgivenBtimeBwithout
BknowledgeBofBtheBpreviousBbehavior
stateB-BAnswerB-conditionBofBaBsystemBasBdescribedBbyBitsBproperties
steadyBstateB-BAnswerBpropertiesBdoBnotBchangeBwithBtime
transientBstateB-BAnswerBpropertiesBchangeBwithBtime
processB-
BAnswerBwhenBanyBofBtheBpropertiesBofBaBsystemBchangesBtheBstateBchangesBandBt
heBsystemBundergoesBa...
extensiveBpropertiesB-
BAnswerBtheBvalueBforBanBoverallBsystemBisBtheBsumBofBitsBvaluesBforBtheBpartsBint
oBwhichBtheBsystemBisBdivided
intensiveBpropertiesB-BAnswerB-oneBvalueBforBtheBwholeBsystem
-specificBvolume,Bpressure,Btemperature