Question: Q 1 . ( a ) When a refrigerator functions, heat is removed from it . State whether with respect to the refrigerator this heat

Q1.
(a) When a refrigerator functions, heat is removed from it. State whether with respect to the refrigerator this heat is positive or negative and justify your answer.
(b) When swimming, an athlete gives off 105J of heat and does 2105J of work. What is the change in the internal energy of the athlete and how will this change affect his temperature?
(2 marks)
(c) When compressing a sample of gas, 50 J of work is done. The gas then cools down by releasing 15J of heat energy into its surroundings.
i) What is the change in the internal energy of the gas?
ii) Is this process isothermal, adiabatic or none of those? Explain your answer.
Q2.
(2 marks)
(a) A Carnot engine operates between a hot and cold temperature.
(i) If the efficiency of the engine is 30% and the cold reservoir temperature is 300 K , determine the temperature of the hot reservoir.
(ii) Calculate how much work is produced by the engine if it is provided with 5000 J of heat.
(1 mark)
(iii) Determine how much heat is discarded to the cold reservoir as this work
(1 mark)
(iv) Is it possible to increase the efficiency of this engine without changing the hot and cold reservoir temperatures?
Q 1 . ( a ) When a refrigerator functions, heat

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