Thermodynamics Exam 1-Questions and Answers Graded A+

Thermodynamics Exam 1-Questions and Answers Graded A+ Thermodynamics - ANSWER-The study of motion of heat and its effect on surroundings System - ANSWER-Something of interest to our study Surrounding - ANSWER-Everything external to the system Boundary - ANSWER-Separates the system from its surroundings Closed System - ANSWER--mass is constant -could have heat or work interactions -closed to mass flow Isolated System - ANSWER-(special case of closed system) -Does not interact in anyway with its surroundings -no heat or work interaction -no mass flow Open System - ANSWER--control volume -mass flow takes place -heat and work interactions take place Macroscopic - ANSWER--classical approach -large scale -concerned with the gross/overall behavior Microscopic - ANSWER--statistical approach -small scale -concerned directly with the structure of matter Property - ANSWER--describes the state of the system -macroscopic characteristic of a system such as mass, volume, energy, pressure, and temperature to which a numerical value can be assigned at a given time without knowledge of the previous behavior state - ANSWER--condition of a system as described by its properties steady state - ANSWER-properties do not change with time transient state - ANSWER-properties change with time process - ANSWER-when any of the properties of a system changes the state changes and the system undergoes a... extensive properties - ANSWER-the value for an overall system is the sum of its values for the parts into which the system is divided intensive properties - ANSWER--one value for the whole system -specific volume, pressure, temperature