General Terms in Thermodynamics
General Terms in Thermodynamics: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as, General Terms in Thermodynamics, Thermodynamic System, System, Surroundings and Boundaries, Isolated System, Macroscopic Variables of the System & Microscopic Variables of the System etc.
Important Questions on General Terms in Thermodynamics

The variables like pressure, volume, temperature of a thermodynamic system are microscopic.

How are the macroscopic properties classified?

Which of the following is/are macroscopic variables:

Explain reversible and irreversible processes.

Define various types of thermodynamic processes.

What do you understand by a thermodynamic system. Mention different types of systems.

Macroscopic variable is a measurable quantity used to describe the complete _____ of the system.

What are microscopic variables?

The variables like pressure, volume, temperature of a thermodynamic system are microscopic.

Which of the following is/are macroscopic variables:

Define system surrounding and boundaries.

The space outside the thermodynamic system is known as _____.

An open system is one in which

A closed system always contains the same matter; there is no transfer of matter across its boundary.

An open system is one in which both energy and mass cross the boundaries of the system.

Which of the following parameters can define the thermodynamic state of a system?

An open system is one in which

A gas is filled in a box, which is moving with velocity . The internal energy of the gas will not include kinetic energy:

A system is in a state of thermodynamical equilibrium, if:
