Author Question: What law of thermodynamics specifies a direction of time? a. The zeroth law. b. The first law. c. ... (Read 14 times)

Collmarie · **on:** Jul 28, 2018

What law of thermodynamics specifies a direction of time?
a. The zeroth law.
b. The first law.
c. The second law.
d. The third law.
e. The zeroth law together with the first law.

Question 2

This figure shows the motions of atoms (a) in a falling ball and (b) after the ball hits the ground. Why would you not expect the ball on the ground to suddenly move upward?
a. Because it is exceedingly unlikely that the velocities of the atoms would simultaneously reorder themselves to generally point upward.
b. It would violate the first law of thermodynamics.
c. Both a. and b.