Develop Skills B

● Select an item that can be produced using recycled materials such as an aluminum can, a
glass bottle, or a plastic or paper grocery bag. Research the materials, energy
requirements, manufacturing methods, environmental impacts, and costs associated with
producing the item from raw materials versus recycled materials. Write a report
including at least three references.

1. Why are aerodynamic drag coefficients of Formula One race cars typically much greater
than for ordinary automobiles?
2. What are several things you as an individual can do to reduce energy use in your home?
While meeting your transportation needs?
3. How does the kilowatt-hour meter in your house measure electric energy usage?
4. Why is it incorrect to say that a system contains heat?
5. When microwaves are beamed onto a tumor during cancer therapy to increase the
tumor’s temperature, this interaction is considered work and not heat transfer. Why?
5. Experimental molecular motors are reported to exhibit movement upon the absorption of
light, thereby achieving a conversion of electromagnetic radiation into motion. Should the
incident light be considered work or heat transfer?
7. In the differential form of the closed system energy balance, dE=δQ – δW, why is d and
not δ used for the differential on the left?
9. How many tons of CO2 are produced annually by a conventional automobile?

References

Moran, M. J., & Shapiro, H. N. (2003). Fundamentals of Engineering

Thermodynamics (Edició n: 5). Wiley.