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11th grade Entropy change when heat flows worksheet

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Entropy change when heat flows

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  1. 1200 J of heat flows from a hot reservoir at 600 K to a cold one at 300 K. What is the total entropy change, to 0.01 J/K, Bo?

  2. 900 J of heat flows from a hot reservoir at 450 K to a cold one at 300 K. What is the total entropy change, to 0.01 J/K, Esme?

  3. In the bar chart, what are the entropy changes of the two reservoirs, Kira?

    • Hot −3 J/K; cold +6 J/K
    • Hot +3 J/K; cold −6 J/K
    • Hot +3 J/K; cold +6 J/K
  4. In the bar chart, what is the total entropy change, Luz?

    Use the picture in question 3.

    • +9 J/K
    • −3 J/K
    • +3 J/K
  5. 500 J flows from a 500 K block to a 250 K block. Which statement fits, Milo?

    • The total rises by 1 J/K
    • The total falls by 1 J/K
    • The total rises by 3 J/K
  6. What does the entropy form of the second law say, by Noah's reading (OpenStax)?

    • No single object's entropy can ever fall, in any process
    • A closed system's entropy never decreases
    • Entropy stays fixed in each process
  7. A refrigerator moves heat out of its cold inside. Can the inside's entropy fall, Ren?

    • No; entropy can't fall in any place
    • Yes; the room gains more, so the total still rises
    • Yes; and the total entropy falls too
  8. Ice melts at 273 K. What happens to the entropy of the water, by Tala's reading (OpenStax)?

    • It falls
    • It rises
    • It stays the same, since T is steady
  9. Water freezes at 273 K, giving heat to the colder freezer air. What happens to the water's entropy, Zee?

    • It rises, since ice forms
    • It cannot fall, since entropy can't go down
    • It falls, while the surroundings gain more
  10. Why is liquid water more disordered than ice, by Ari's reading (OpenStax)?

    • Its molecules are packed in a fixed pattern
    • Its molecules can be arranged in many more ways
    • It has fewer molecules than the ice
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Entropy change when heat flows. Every version has 10 questions, and the answer key prints on the second page.

What your child will learn

  • I can find ΔS = Q ÷ T with T in kelvins, and give it the right sign: heat in raises entropy, heat out lowers it.
  • I can find the total entropy change when heat flows from hot to cold, and explain why it is positive.
  • I can find the entropy of melting ice (mL_f ÷ T), use the second law to say which way heat flows, and tell reversible (total zero) from irreversible (total up).

Standard: supports HS-PS3-4

Words to know

entropy: A measure of disorder, in J/K

reservoir: A body so large its temperature stays fixed

second law: A closed system's entropy never decreases

reversible: An ideal process with no net entropy change in total

L_f: Heat to melt 1 kg at 0 °C: 335,000 J/kg for ice

Common mistakes

Your child divided by the Celsius temperature. ΔS = Q ÷ T needs T in kelvins: add 273 to the Celsius value.

Your child added the two entropy changes as if both were gains. The hot side loses entropy (−Q ÷ Th) and the cold side gains (+Q ÷ Tc).

Your child left the mass in grams. Heat to melt = m × L_f with m in kilograms and L_f = 335,000 J/kg.

Questions parents ask

What is the most common mistake with entropy change when heat flows?

Your child divided by the Celsius temperature. ΔS = Q ÷ T needs T in kelvins: add 273 to the Celsius value.

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