Joy of Science #10 & #11

1) The concept of Entropy means that every isolated system gets more and more ______________ over time. a) error-prone b) magnetic c) ordered 2) Entropy as an idea is a direct outgrowth of what other law? a) The second law of thermodynamics (energy is constant) c) The Uncertainty Principle (every measurement alters the subject being measured) 3) Over time and according the concept of entropy: a) Heat dissipates c) arrangements become more and more chaotic b) The second law of thermodynamics (heat has a universal tendency to dissipate) d) Kepler's law of planetary motion d) disordered

b) randomness in systems increases d) all of these

4) Magnetism and static electricity are forces that can be attractive and well as repulsive. a) True b) False 5) When two magnets are brought together, the positive poles attract one another. a) True b) False 6) How can you magnetize a piece of unmagnetized iron? a) heat it to the boiling point c) stroke it repeatedly with another magnet

b) subject it to static rubbing d) attach it to a lightning rod

7) In addition to pointing north, magnetized compass needles also do what in response to the gravity of the earth? a) float b) dip c) vibrate d) spin

8) What scientist sprinkled iron shavings around a magnet to show visibly the pattern of its magnetism? a) Michael Faraday b) Ben Franklin c) Rudolf Claussius d) William Gilbert

9) Ben Franklin, in addition to inventing the lightning rod, made an important contribution to science by suggesting that electric charge behaves like a: a) solid b) gas c) fluid d) wave