Chapter 20-The First Law of Thermodynamics: Multiple Choice

Chapter 20—The First Law of Thermodynamics
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Determine the heat capacity (in calories/C) of a lake containing one million gallons (approximately 4
million kilograms) of water at 15C.
a. 4  106
b. 4  109
c. 4  103
d. 1  103
e. 4  102
ANS: B PTS: 2 DIF: Average
2. How many calories of heat are required to raise the temperature of 4 kg of water from 50F to the
boiling point?
a. 6.5  105
b. 3.6  105
c. 15  105
d. 360
e. 4  104
3. A 5-gallon container of water (approximately 20 kg) having a temperature of 212F is added to a 50-
gallon tub (approximately 200 kg) of water having a temperature of 50F. What is the final equilibrium
temperature (in C) of the mixture?
a. 54
b. 36
c. 18
d. 66
e. 14
ANS: C PTS: 2 DIF: Average
4. A 5-kg piece of lead (specific heat 0.03 cal/gC) having a temperature of 80C is added to 500 g of
water having a temperature of 20C. What is the final equilibrium temperature (in C) of the system?
a. 79
b. 26
c. 54
d. 34
e. 20
ANS: D PTS: 2 DIF: Average
5. A 300-g glass thermometer initially at 25C is put into 200 cm3 of hot water at 95C. Find the final
temperature (in C) of the thermometer, assuming no heat flows to the surroundings. (The specific heat
of glass is 0.2 cal/gC.)
a. 52
b. 68
c. 89
d. 79
e. 36
6. How much heat (in kilocalories) is needed to convert 1.00 kg of ice at 0C into steam at 100C?
a. 23.9
b. 79.6
c. 564
d. 643
e. 720
ANS: E PTS: 2 DIF: Average
7. If 25 kg of ice at 0C is combined with 4 kg of steam at 100C, what will be the final equilibrium
temperature (in C) of the system?
a. 40
b. 20
c. 60
d. 100
e. 8
ANS: B PTS: 3 DIF: Challenging
8. How much heat (in kcal) must be removed to make ice at 10C from 2 kg of water at 20C? (The
specific heat of ice is 0.50 cal/gC.)
a. 190
b. 200
c. 240
d. 210
e. 50
9. The R value of fiberglass batting, 3.5 inches thick, is 11 ft2Fh/BTU. What is the thermal conductivity
(in BTU/ftFs)?
a. 7.4  106
b. 2.7  102
c. 8.9  105
d. 1.4  104
e. 3.6  103
ANS: A PTS: 2 DIF: Average
10. A slab of concrete and an insulating board are in thermal contact with each other. The temperatures of
their outer surfaces are 68F and 50F. Determine the rate of heat transfer (in BTU/ft 2h) if the R values
are 1.93 and 8.7 ft2Fh/BTU, respectively.
a. 9.7
b. 2.5
c. 5.3
d. 1.7
e. 28
11. A wall is constructed of a 2 inch layer of fiberglass board (R = 8) and six inches of fiberglass batting
(R = 19). If the temperature on the outside surface of the fiberglass board is 50F and the temperature
on the inside surface of the fiberglass batting is 68F, what is the temperature (in F) at the interface?
(The units of R are ft2Fh/BTU.)
a. 62
b. 58
c. 55
d. 65
e. 52
12. A cup of coffee is enclosed on all sides in an insulated container 1/2 cm thick in the shape of a cube 10
cm on a side. The temperature of the coffee is 95C, and the temperature of the surroundings is 21C.
Find the rate of heat loss (in J/s) due to conduction if the thermal conductivity of the cup is 2  104
cal/scmC.
a. 62
b. 74
c. 230
d. 160
e. 12
13. A child has a temperature of 101F. If her total cross-sectional area is 2 m 2, find the energy lost each
second (in W) due to radiation, assuming the emissivity is 1. (Assume the room temperature is 70F.)
a. 217
b. 180
c. 90
d. 68
e. 850
14. A super-insulated house is at a temperature of 20C. The temperature outside is 0C. The surface area
of the house is 200 m2, and the emissivity is 1. Approximately how much energy is radiated (in W) per
second?
a. 20 000
b. 2 000
c. 200
d. 2
e. 0.2
15. A 100-kg student eats a 200-Calorie doughnut. To "burn it off", he decides to climb the steps of a tall
building. How high (in m) would he have to climb to expend an equivalent amount of work? (1 food
Calorie = 103 calories.)
a. 273
b. 623
c. 418
d. 854
e. 8 400
16. A 5-g coin is dropped from a 300-m building. If it reaches a terminal velocity of 45 m/s, and the rest of
the energy is converted to heating the coin, what is the change in temperature (in C) of the coin? (The
specific heat of copper is 387 J/kgC.)
a. 9
b. 2
c. 5
d. 21
e. 0.5
17. The work done in the expansion from an initial to a final state
a. is the area under the curve of a PV diagram.
b. depends only on the end point.
c. is independent of the path.
d. is the slope of a PV curve.
e. equals P(VF  Vi).
ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: Easy
18. Gas in a container expands at a constant pressure of 3 atm. Find the work done (in J) by the gas if the
initial volume is 5 liters and the final volume is 10 liters.
a. 0
b. 150
c. 15
d. 1 500
e. 1.5
19. Gas in a container increases its pressure from 1 atm to 3 atm while keeping its volume constant. Find
the work done (in J) by the gas if the volume is 5 liters.
a. 0
b. 3
c. 5
d. 15
e. 15  102
20. In an adiabatic free expansion

a. no heat is transferred between a system and its surroundings.
b. the pressure remains constant.
c. the temperature remains constant.
d. the volume remains constant.
e. the process is reversible.
21. In an isothermal process

a. the volume remains constant.
b. the temperature remains constant.
c. no heat is transferred between a system and its surroundings.
d. the pressure remains constant.
e. the internal energy is not constant.
ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: Easy
22. In an isobaric process

a. the volume remains constant.
b. the temperature remains constant.
c. the pressure remains constant.
d. no heat is transferred between a system and its surroundings.
e. the internal energy is constant.
ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Easy
23. In an isovolumetric process

a. the temperature remains constant.
b. no heat is transferred between a system and its surroundings.
c. the pressure remains constant.
d. the volume remains constant.
e. the internal energy is constant.
ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: Easy
24. Determine the work done by 5 moles of an ideal gas that is kept at 100C in an expansion from 1 liter
to 5 liters.
a. 2.5  104 J
b. 1.1  104 J
c. 6.7  103 J
d. 2.9  103 J
e. 8.4  103 J
25. One gram of water is heated from 0C to 100C at a constant pressure of 1 atm. Determine the
approximate change in internal energy (in cal) of the water.
a. 160
b. 130
c. 100
d. 180
e. 50
26. Five moles of an ideal gas expands isothermally at 100C to five times its initial volume. Find the heat
flow into the system.
a. 2.5  104 J
b. 1.1  104 J
c. 6.7  103 J
d. 2.9  103 J
e. 7.0  102 J
27. An 8 000-kg aluminum flagpole 100-m long is heated by the sun from a temperature of 10C to 20C.
Find the work done (in J) by the aluminum if the linear expansion coefficient is 24  106 (C)1. (The
density of aluminum is 2.7  103 kg/m3 and 1 atm = 1.0  105 N/m2.)
a. 287
b. 425
c. 213
d. 710
e. 626
ANS: C PTS: 3 DIF: Challenging
28. An 8 000-kg aluminum flagpole 100-m long is heated by the sun from a temperature of 10C to 20C.
Find the heat transferred (in J) to the aluminum if the specific heat of aluminum is 0.215 cal/gC.
a. 7.2  105
b. 7.2  107
c. 7.2  103
d. 7.2  101
e. 7.2  102
29. An 8 000-kg aluminum flagpole 100-m high is heated by the sun from a temperature of 10C to 20C.
Find the increase in internal energy (in J) of the aluminum. (The coefficient of linear expansion is 24 
106 (C)1, the density is 2.7  103 kg/m3, and the specific heat of aluminum is 0.215 cal/gC.)
a. 7.2  105
b. 7.2  107
c. 7.2  103
d. 7.2  101
e. 7.2  102
30. Two kilograms of water at 100C is converted to steam at 1 atm. Find the work done (in J). (The
density of steam at 100C is 0.598 kg/m3.)
a. 3.4  105
b. 1.2  105
c. 4.6  104
d. 2.1  104
e. 3.4  104
31. Two kilograms of water at 100C is converted to steam at 1 atm. Find the change in internal energy (in
J). (Lv = 2.26  106 J/kg.)
a. 2.1  104
b. 4.5  106
c. 3.4  105
d. 4.2  106
e. 2.1  106
32. If an object feels cold to the touch, the only statement that you can make that must be correct is that
a. the object has a smaller coefficient of thermal conductivity than your hand.
b. the volume of the object will increase while it is in contact with your hand.
c. the object contains less thermal energy than your hand.
d. the object is at a lower temperature than your hand.
e. the object cannot be a liquid.
33. Which of the following statements is correct?

a. You only need to know the amount of thermal energy a body contains to calculate its
temperature.
b. The temperature of a body is directly proportional to the amount of work the body has
performed.
c. The quantity of thermal energy exchanged by two bodies in contact is inversely
proportional to the difference in their temperatures.
d. The quantity of thermal energy exchanged by two bodies in contact is directly proportional
to the difference in their temperatures.
e. Different amounts of thermal energy are transferred between two bodies in contact if
different temperature scales are used to measure the temperature difference between the
bodies.
34. In which process will the internal energy of the system NOT change?
a. An adiabatic expansion of an ideal gas.
b. An isothermal compression of an ideal gas.
c. An isobaric expansion of an ideal gas.
d. The freezing of a quantity of liquid at its melting point.
e. The evaporation of a quantity of a liquid at its boiling point.
35. For an astronaut working outside a spaceship, the greatest loss of heat would occur by means of
a. conduction.
b. convection.
c. radiation.
d. conduction and convection.
e. conduction and radiation.
36. Which statement below regarding the First Law of Thermodynamics is most correct?
a. A system can do work externally only if its internal energy decreases.
b. The internal energy of a system that interacts with its environment must change.
c. No matter what other interactions take place, the internal energy must change if a system
undergoes a heat transfer.
d. The only changes that can occur in the internal energy of a system are those produced by
non-mechanical forces.
e. The internal energy of a system cannot change if the heat transferred to the system is equal
to the work done by the system.
ANS: E PTS: 1 DIF: Easy
37. How much heat, in joules, is required to convert 1.00 kg of ice at 0C into steam at 100C? (Lice = 333
J/g; Lsteam = 2.26  103 J/g.)
a. 3.35  105
b. 4.19  105
c. 2.36  106
d. 2.69  106
e. 3.01  106
38. Water at room temperature, 20C, is pumped into a reactor core where it is converted to steam at
200C. How much heat (in J) is transferred to each kilogram of water in this process? (c steam = 2 010
J/kgC; Lsteam = 2.26  103 J/g; 1 cal = 4.186 J.)
a. 3.35  105
b. 7.53  105
c. 2.67  106
d. 2.80  106
e. 3.01  106
39. A gas expands from A to B as shown in the graph. Calculate the work (in joules) done by the gas. (1
atm= 1.01  105 N/m2.)
a. 12
b. 24
c. 1.21  106
d. 2.42  106
e. 3.64  106
40. A gas expands as shown in the graph. If the heat taken in during this process is 1.02  106 J and 1 atm
= 1.01  105 N/m2, the change in internal energy of the gas (in J) is
a. 2.42  106
b. 1.40  106
c. 1.02  106
d. 1.02  106
e. 1.40  106
41. In a thermodynamic process, the internal energy of a system in a container with adiabatic walls
decreases by 800 J. Which statement is correct?
a. The system lost 800 J by heat transfer to its surroundings.
b. The system gained 800 J by heat transfer from its surroundings.
c. The system performed 800 J of work on its surroundings.
d. The surroundings performed 800 J of work on the system.
e. The 800 J of work done by the system was equal to the 800 J of heat transferred to the
system from its surroundings.
42. If a person in Alaska were locked out of his house on a day when the temperature outside was 40C,
his thick clothing would mostly reduce the loss of thermal energy by
a. conduction.
b. convection.
c. radiation.
d. all of the above.
e. convection and radiation.
43. The Earth intercepts 1.27  1017 W of radiant energy from the Sun. Suppose the Earth, of volume 1.08
 1021 m3, was composed of water. How long would it take for the Earth at 0C to reach 100C, if none
of the energy was radiated or reflected back out into space?
a. 26.9 y
b. 113 y
c. 2.69  104 y
d. 1.13  105 y
e. 2.69  107 y
44. A team of people who traveled to the North Pole by dogsled lived on butter because they needed to
consume 6 000 dietician's Calories each day. Because the ice there is lumpy and irregular, they had to
help the dogs by pushing and lifting the load. Assume they had a 16 hour working day and that each
person could lift a 500 N load. How many times would a person have to lift this weight 1.00 m
upwards in a constant gravitational field where to do the work equivalent to 6 000

Calories?
a. 50.2
b. 492
c. 5 130
d. 50 200
e. 492 000
45. Duff states that equal masses of all substances have equal changes in internal energy when they have
equal changes in temperature. Javan states that the change in internal energy is equal to a constant
times the change in temperature for every T, no matter how large or how small T is, but that the
constant is different for different substances. Which one, if either, is correct?
a. Neither, because the specific heat depends on the substance and may vary with
temperature.
b. Neither, because a change of state may involve release or absorption of latent heat.
c. Neither because a substance may do work during a temperature change.
d. All of the statements above are correct.
e. Only statements (a) and (b) are correct.
46. Which of the following statements is(are) correct when an ideal gas goes from an initial to a final state
in a single process?
a. No work is done on or by the gas when the volume remains constant.
b. No energy is transferred into or out of the gas as heat transfer when the temperature
remains constant.
c. The internal energy of the gas does not change when the pressure remains constant.
d. All the statements above are correct.
e. Only statements (a) and (b) above are correct.
47. Beryl states that insulation with the smallest possible thermal conductivity is best to keep a house
warm in winter, but worst for keeping a house cool in summer. Sapphire insists the reverse is true: low
thermal conductivity is good in the summer, but bad in the winter. Which one, if either is correct?
a. Beryl, because low thermal conductivity results in low heat transfer.
b. Beryl, because low thermal conductivity results in high heat transfer.
c. Sapphire, because low thermal conductivity results in low heat transfer.
d. Sapphire, because low thermal conductivity results in high heat transfer.
e. Neither, because low heat transfer is desirable both in summer and in winter.
48. The R-value of an insulating material is the thickness of the material divided by its thermal
conductivity. When an insulating material consists of three layers with R-values R1, R2 and R3, the
overall R-value of the insulation is given by
a. R = R1 + R2 + R3.
b.
.
c.
.
d.
.
e.
.
49. A 100 kg marble slab falls off a skyscraper and falls 200 m to the ground without hitting anyone. Its
fall stops within milliseconds, so that there is no loss of thermal energy to its surroundings if its
temperature is measured immediately after it stops. By how much has its temperature changed as a
result of the fall, if we ignore energy gained or lost as a result of its interaction with the atmosphere? (
.)
a. 0.57 C
b. 1.14 C
c. 2.28 C
d. 4.56 C
e. 22.8 C
50. A block of material of mass m and specific heat c falls from height h and reaches speed v just before
striking the ground. Its temperature is measured immediately after it strikes the ground. If we ignore
any change in temperature owing to interaction with the air, the change in temperature of the block of
material is
a.
.
b.
.
c.
.
d. All of the answers above are correct.
e. Only (a) and (b) above are correct.
51. In an isothermal process

a. P is constant.
b. V is constant.
c.
is constant.
d. PV is constant.
e.
is constant.
52. We are able to define a mechanical equivalent for heat because

a. some thermal energy can be converted into mechanical energy.
b. mechanical energy can be converted into thermal energy.
c. work can be converted into thermal energy.
d. some thermal energy can be converted into work.
e. all of the above can occur.
53. Steel blocks A and B, which have equal masses, are at TA = 300 C and TB = 400 C. Block C, with mC
= 2mA, is at TC = 350 C. Blocks A and B are placed in contact, isolated, and allowed to come into
equilibrium. Then they are placed in contact with block C. At that instant,
a. TA = TB < TC.
b. TA = TB = TC.
c. TA = TB > TC.
d. TA + TB = TC.
e. TA  TB = TC.
54. Which of the following substances has the greatest specific heat?
a. copper
b. ice
c. water
d. steam
e. Ice, water, and steam have equal specific heats since they are the same material, and this
specific heat is greater than that of copper.
55. A 100-g cube of ice is heated from 120C to +120C. In which of the following processes is the
greatest amount of energy absorbed by this material?
a. warming ice to the melting point
b. melting the ice to become water
c. warming the resulting water
d. vaporizing the water to become steam
e. heating the steam
56. Aluminum rod #1 is 1.0 m long with cross-section area 2.0 cm2. Aluminum rod #2 is 2.0 m long with
cross-section area 4.0 cm2. Aluminum rod #3 is 3.0 m long with cross-section area 9.0 cm 2. If each rod
has the same temperature difference applied across its ends, which rod has the greatest rate of transfer
of energy between its ends?
a. #1
b. #2
c. #3
d. #2 = #3, both greater than #1
e. They each have the same rate.
PROBLEM
57. 100 grams of liquid nitrogen at 77 K is stirred into a beaker containing 200 grams of 5C water. If the
nitrogen leaves the solution as soon as it turns to gas, how much water freezes? (The heat of
evaporation of nitrogen is 6.09 cal/gram and the heat of fusion of water is 80 cal/gram.)
ANS:
none
PTS: 2 DIF: Average
58. How much water at 20C is needed to melt 1 kilogram of solid mercury at its melting point of 39C?
(The heat of fusion of mercury is 2.8 cal/gram).
ANS:
23.4 grams
PTS: 2 DIF: Average
59. A styrofoam container used as a picnic cooler contains a block of ice at 0C. If 225 grams of ice melts
in 1 hour, how much heat energy per second is passing through the walls of the container? (The heat of
fusion of ice is 3.33  105 J/kg).
ANS:
20.8 J (per second)
PTS: 2 DIF: Average
60. In braking an automobile, the friction between the brake drums and brake shoes converts the car's
kinetic energy into heat. If a 1 500-kg automobile traveling at 30 m/s brakes to a halt, how much does
the temperature rise in each of the four 8.0-kg brake drums? (The specific heat of each iron brake drum
is 448 J/kgC).
ANS:
47C
PTS: 2 DIF: Average
61. Star A has a radius of 200 000 km and a surface temperature of 6 000 K. Star B has a radius of 400 000
km and a surface temperature of 3 000 K. The emissivity of both stars is the same. What is the ratio of
the rate of energy radiated by Star A to that of Star B?
ANS:
4
PTS: 2 DIF: Average

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Chapter 20—The First Law of Thermodynamics

20. In an adiabatic free expansion

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52. We are able to define a mechanical equivalent for heat because

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