Thermodynamics and statistical mechanics MCQs

1. The term “thermodynamics” comes from the Greek words ‘therme’ and ‘dynamic which means _______.

A. Heat power

B. Heat transfer

C. Heat energy

D. Heat motion

2. The term “thermodynamics” was first used in 1849 in the publication of a

A. Lord Kelvin

B. William Rankine

C. Rudolph Clausius

D. Thomas Savery

3. The electrons in an atom which rotate about the nucleus possess what kind of energy?

A. Translational energy

B. Spin energy

C. Sensible energy

D. Rotational kinetic energy

4. The molecules of gas moving through space with some velocity possess what kind of energy?

A. Translational energy

B. Spin energy

C. Rotational kinetic energy

D. none of the above

5. What form of energy refers to those a system possesses as a whole with respect to some outside reference frame, such as potential and kinetic energies?

A. External energy

B. The microscopic form of energy

C. Internal energy

D. A macroscopic form of energy

6. What type of system energy is related to the molecular structure of a system?

A. Macroscopic form of energy

B. Internal energy

C. Microscopic form of energy

D. External energy

7. The sum of all the microscopic form of energy is called _____.

A. Total energy

B. Phase energy

C. System energy

D. Internal energy

8. What does the term “uniform” mean?

A. No change in volume

B. No change with time

C. No change with location

D. No change with mass

9. What is a process during which the specific volume remains constant?

A. Isobaric process

B. Isothermal process

C. Isochoric or isometric process

D. Isovolumetric process

10. What is a process during which the pressure remains constant?

A. Isometric process

B. Isothermal process

C. Isochoric process

D. Isobaric process

11. What is a process with identical end states called?

A. phase

B. Path

C. Cycle

D. Either path or phase

12. How many independent properties are required to completely fix the equilibrium state of a gaseous compound state?

A. 4

B. 3

C. 2

D. 1