Quizlet Thermodynamics Review

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  1. 1st Law of Thermodynamics: Energy cannot be created of destroyed, only transferred or transformed. The total amount of energy remains constant in the universie
  2. 2nd Law of thermodynamics: Transfer of heat goes from higher to lower temperatures until an equilibrium is achieved, enthropy
  3. Closed system: does not allow mass to flow, only allows transfer of heat energy and work
  4. Conduction: when two things transfer heat through physical contact
  5. Convection: the transfer of heat by moving a heated substance from one place to another
  6. Enthalpy: the amount of usable heat energy in a system
  7. Entropy: The degree of randomness or disorganization of certain substance at a certain temperature
  8. Kinetic: Energy being used, energy in motion
  9. Open system: allows mass to flow
  10. Potential: Energy being stored and has the ability to be used, the energy an object posseses
  11. Radiation: The transfer of heat through transforming the heat into electromagnetic waves
  12. Thermodynamics: Deals with the relations ship of heat transfer between other forms of energy. Study of the effects of work, heat and energy on a system. The transfer of energy through heat. The way heat is used as an energy resource
  13. three types of heat transfer: conduction, convection, radiation