AP Chemistry · Topic 6.3
Heat Transfer and Thermal Equilibrium Practice
Part of Thermodynamics.(ENE-2.C)
Practice questions
3
Sample questions
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Sample 1difficulty 1/5
The "system" is
- A
Always exothermic
- Bcheck_circle
The reactants and products under study
- C
Everything outside the reaction
- D
Only the container
Why
System = the part being studied; surroundings = everything else.
- A
Sample 2difficulty 2/5
A reaction beaker becomes warm. The reaction is
- Acheck_circle
Exothermic
- B
Athermal
- C
Cannot tell
- D
Endothermic
Why
Heat flows from system into surroundings (the beaker contents) → exothermic.
- A
Sample 3difficulty 3/5
Hot metal at 80 °C dropped into water at 20 °C. At equilibrium, q_metal + q_water =
- A
Always negative
- B
Cannot say
- C
Always positive
- Dcheck_circle
0 (in an isolated system)
Why
Energy conservation: heat lost by metal = heat gained by water → sum = 0.
- A