Title: Quiz: Temperature Scales
Course: Manufacturing Math and Science > Section: Learning Modules

This is a short quiz on the three laws of thremodynamics, the temperature scales, and food energy. You can take the quiz as many times as you like, but only your last score will be recorded.

Q: According to the third law of thermodynamics, what happens to the entropy of a system as the temperature approaches absolute zero?
- The entropy approaches a constant value.
- The entropy cannot be measured accurately.
- The entropy of the system rises in a non-linear fashion.
- The entropy of the system is unrelated to the temperature.
A: The entropy approaches a constant value.

Q: What law of thermodynamics encompasses the idea that energy can neither be created or destroyed?
- First
- Second
- Third
- Zeroth
A: First

Q: One Kelvin is closest to what temperature in Celsius?
- -272
- 0
- 100
- -212
A: -272

Q: Which of the temperature scales is based upon an absolute scale?
- Kelvin
- Celsius
- Fahrenheit
- None of them are
A: Kelvin

Q: Which temperature scale is based on the freezing and boiling points of water?
- Celsius
- Kelvin
- Fahrenheit
- None of the scales are based on that
A: Celsius

Q: One hundred degrees Fahrenheit is closest to what temperature in Celsius?
- 38
- 32
- 0
- 212
A: 38

Q: To convert between which two temperatures do you add or subtract 273.15?
- Kelvin and Celsius
- Kelvin and Fahrenheit
- Fahrenheit and Celsius
- None of these
A: Kelvin and Celsius

Q: 50 degrees Celsius is equal to what?
- 122 degrees Fahrenheit
- -223.15 degrees Kelvin
- The boiling point of water
- The freezing point of water
A: 122 degrees Fahrenheit

Q: A calorie is equal to what?
- The amount of energy needed to raise one gram of water by one degree of Celsius
- The amount of energy needed to raise one gram of water by one degree of Fahrenheit
- 1 degree Kelvin
- One gram of food energy
A: The amount of energy needed to raise one gram of water by one degree of Celsius

Q: Ten calories equals how many degrees Fahrenheit?
- There is no direct relationship between calories and degrees Fahrenheit.
- 320
- 32
- 98.6
A: There is no direct relationship between calories and degrees Fahrenheit.