A. Read each item carefully and choose the letter of the correct answer. 1. Which of the following statements best describes the Second Law of Thermodynamics? A. The internal energy of the universe is constant. B. Energy can neither be created nor destroyed. C. At absolute zero, the entropy of a crystal is considered to be zero. D. When an isolated system undergoes a spontaneous change, the entropy of the system increases. 2. Which of the following represents a spontaneous process? A. ∆S<0 B. ∆S=0 C. ∆G>0 D. ∆G<0 3. Which of the following has the most entropy? A. an empty classroom B. a tennis ball inside a box C. a flock of birds flying in V formation D. a crowd of people on the streets of Santa Rosa City B. Predict whether ∆S is positive or negative for the reaction: N2(g) + O2(g) → 2NO(g)  C. Which has greater entropy? 1mole of NaCl(5) or 1 mol of HCl(g)

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A. Read each item carefully and choose the letter of the correct answer.

1. Which of the following statements best describes the Second Law of Thermodynamics?

A. The internal energy of the universe is constant.

B. Energy can neither be created nor destroyed.

C. At absolute zero, the entropy of a crystal is considered to be zero.

D. When an isolated system undergoes a spontaneous change, the entropy of the system increases.

2. Which of the following represents a spontaneous process?

A. ∆S<0

B. ∆S=0

C. ∆G>0

D. ∆G<0

3. Which of the following has the most entropy?

A. an empty classroom

B. a tennis ball inside a box

C. a flock of birds flying in V formation

D. a crowd of people on the streets of Santa Rosa City

B. Predict whether ∆S is positive or negative for the reaction: N2(g) + O2(g) → 2NO(g) 

C. Which has greater entropy? 1mole of NaCl(5) or 1 mol of HCl(g)

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