Chapter 4: Heat

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18 Diagram 11 shows hot water being added to cold water.

Diagram 11

Which of the following statement is correct if there are no heat losses to the
surroundings?

A Heat loss by hot water is less than heat gained by cold water.
B Heat loss by hot water is greater than heat gained by cold water.
C Heat loss by hot water is equal to heat gain by cold water.

19 What is the concept used in the measurement of human body temperature using a
thermometer?

A Specific heat capacity

B Specific latent heat
C Thermal equilibrium
D Thermal convection

20 19 Diagram 12 is a graph which shows the heating curve of water.

Diagram 12
 What is the effect of the heat absorbed by the water between point S and
point T?

A It weakens the forces between the water molecules

B It breaks the bonds between the water molecules
C It increases the kinetic energy of the water molecules
D It strengthens the bonds between the water molecules

21 20 Which of the following graphs shows the relationship between pressure, P

and temperature, T, of a gas at constant volume?

22 21 Diagram 13 shows the condition of a plastic bottle which initially contains

hot air, before and after being put into a basin of ice.

Diagram 13

The above situation can be explained by

A Boyle’s law
B pressure law
C Charles’s law
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Question 1: SPM 2004
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Diagram 3.1 shows the change of phase when 1 kg of ice is converted into steam.

R S T U

1 kg ice Q1 1 kg water Q2 1 kg water Q3 1 kg steam

at 0 oC at 0 oC at 100 oC At 100 oC

Diagram
Q1, Q2 and Q3 are the heat energies3.1
absorbed during the heating process.

(a) Name the heat energy, Q1, which is absorbed from R to S.

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(b) State one reason why the temperature at R and S is the same even though heat is
supplied.
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(c) Calculate the heat energy, , which is absorbed from S to T.
[The specific heat capacity of water, c = 4 200 Jkg-1 oC-1]

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(d) Sketch the graph of temperature against time on Diagram 3.2 to show the change
of phase from R to U.
Temperature/
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C

Time/
Diagram s
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Section C
Question 1: SPM 2004
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