Engineering thermodynamics/Quizzes/Basic Definitions

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{The classical thermodynamics can be understood as (select only one) -a) An elaborate study of thermodynamics that is based on the behavior of individual particles of the substance +b) A macroscopic approach to the study of thermodynamics that does not require the knowledge of the behavior of individual particles of the substance -c) A microscopic approach to the study of thermodynamics that is based on the average behavior of large groups of particles -d) A macroscopic approach to the study of thermodynamics that is based on the behavior of small number of particles -e) none of the above
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{The intensive properties are those that are independent of the mass of the system. Only one of the following groups of properties consist of intensive properties. -a) mass, weight, pressure -b) pressure, force, temperature -c) volume, temperature, weight -d) pressure, weight, mass +e) pressure, specific volume, temperature
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{The density is defined as +a) mass per unit volume -b) the weight of a unit volume -c) the weight of a unit mass -d) volume per unit mass -e) none of the above
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{The reciprocal of density is known as -a) specific weight +b) specific volume -c) specific mass -d) specific gravity -e) none of the above
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{The ratio of the density of a substance relative to the density of water is called -a) specific weight -b) specific volume -c) specific mass +d) specific gravity -e) none of the above
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