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100

A measure of chaos or disorder. 

What is entropy? 

100

Explain heat source and heat sink (give an example). 

Answers will vary.  

100

Any device that slows down the flow of electricity. 

What is a resistor? 

100

The law of thermodynamics states that energy (heat) can not be created or destroyed. 

What is the 1st Law (Law of Conservation)?

100

Material that allows electricity and/or heat to transfer through. 

What is a conductor? 

200

Warming that occurs when a heat source and heat sink are TOUCHING eachother. 

What is conduction? 

200

DOUBLE JEOPARDY!

Warming that occurs in the ocean, boiling water, and gasses. 

What is convection? 

200

Devices used to open or close a circuit. 

What is a switch? 

200

The law of thermodynamics that state that at absolute zero entropy (pretty much) stops. 

What is the 3rd Law of Thermodynamics? 

200

A material that stops or inhibits the flow of heat or electricity. 

What is an insulator?

300

When the warm air over the land rises and the cooler air from the ocean rushes inland. 

What is a seabreeze? 

300

When the warm air over the ocean rises, allowing the cooler air from the land to rush seaward. 

What is a land breeze?

300

The circular path that electricity takes. 

What is a circuit? 

300

The law of thermodynamics that states that systems move from a state of order to a state of disorder (entropy). 

What is the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics? 

300

Potential energy that is stored as an electrical charge. 

What is static electricity (electrostatic)? 

400

The temperature scale used mostly for science, measuring the hottest and coldest temperatures. 

What is Kelvin? 

400

The scale for measuring temperatures that is used mostly outside of the US and works well with the metric system. 

What is celsius? 

400

An electrical current, like that produced by batteries, that always flows in the same direction. 

What is direct current? 

400

DOUBLE JEOPARDY!

The law of thermodynamics that states that if two systems are in equalibrium, then no transfer of heat will take place. 

What is the Zeroth Law? 

400

The complex system that allows electricity to be delivered to our homes, business, and schools. 

What is the power (electric) grid?

500

The three elements of the fire triangle. 

(i.e. what does fire need?)

Fuel, Oxygen, Heat

500

When things heat up and expand. 

What is thermal expansion? 

500

An electrical current, like that flowing into your home, that periodically reverses direction. 

What is alternating current? 

500

Which law of thermodynamics was developed last? 

The Zeroth! 

500

A circuit that allows electricity to take mulitiple paths. 

What is a parallel circuit?