The Laws of Thermodynamics
This law states that energy cannot be created nor destroyed, only transferred and transformed.
What is the law of conservation of energy?
This type of energy is transferred from one object to another due to a difference in temperature between them.
What is thermal energy (or heat)?
This mechanism for thermal energy transfer can occur through the vacuum of space, without the need of a conductive medium.
What is radiation?
This is the phase change where a gas is converted into a liquid.
What is condensation?
Before being found by Bilbo Baggins, the One Ring was held by this creature for more than 500 years, who often called the Ring his "precious."
Who is Gollum (or Smeagol)?
This law of thermodynamics states that energy spontaneously flows from hotter objects to cooler objects.
What is the second law of thermodynamics?
This is the measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in a substance.
What is temperature?
When you heat a pot of water, the water near the bottom becomes hotter and rises, while the cooler water descends. This is an example of this type of heat transfer.
What is convection?
The amount of heat required to vaporize one gram of a substance from a liquid into a gas is called this.
What is the latent heat of vaporization?
She was the captain of the Starship Voyager during the time it was stranded in the Delta Quadrant.
Who is Captain Kathryn Janeway?
This law of thermodynamics states that the change in internal energy of a system is equal to the heat transferred in/out of it minus the work done on it.
What is the first law of thermodynamics?
These are the two units commonly used to measure temperature in the metric system.
What are kelvins and degrees Celsius?
The handle of a metal pot is typically covered in plastic or some other kind of insulative material. This is to prevent the handle from becoming too hot via this process of heat transfer.
The amount of energy required to melt one gram of a substance from a solid into a liquid is called this.
What is latent heat of fusion?
This is the name of the android who served as the Chief Operations Officer aboard Captain Picard's USS Enterprise.
Who is Lieutenant Commander Data?
The third law of thermodynamics states that the entropy of a closed system approaches a constant value as its temperature approaches this value.
What is absolute zero? (0 Kelvin)
This is the unit in the metric system used to measure thermal energy.
What is the joule?
Your bare feet burning on the hot asphalt during the summer is an example of this type of heat transfer.
What is conduction?
The amount of thermal energy required to raise 1 gram of a substance by 1 degree Celsius is called this.
What is specific heat capacity?
This is the name of Legolas' father, ruler of the woodland realm of Mirkwood.
This is a thermodynamic concept associated with randomness, disorder, and decay. The second law of thermodynamics states that this is always increasing with time.
What is entropy?
When two objects are at the same temperature and there is no net exchange of heat between them, they are in this state.
What is thermal equilibrium?
A material that is a poor conductor of heat can be described as this.
What is an insulator?
This is the specific heat capacity of water, rounded to the nearest whole number.
What is 4? (4.186)
The cyborg alien species who famously announce "resistance is futile," before assimilating you into their collective are called this.
What are the Borg?