1. During winter, why is it important to protect water pipes?

2. Why is it advisable to allow telephone lines to sag when

stringing them between pokes in summer?

3. What is the change in length of metal rod with an initial

length of 2 meters, a coefficient of thermal expansion
0.00002/K and a temperature change of 20 K?

4. Suppose you have a 0.05 L container made of glass that is at

283 K. You raised its temperature to 303 K. By how much
will its volume increase? (glass= 25.5 x 10^-6 1/K)

5. A steel rail is 24.4m long. How much does it expand during a

day when the low temperature is 291 K and high
temperature is 306 K?
(Steel=12x10^-6 1/K)

6. The length of a brass bar is 150 cm at 40 degrees celsius.

What will be its length at 100 degrees celsius?
(α=19x10^-6/K)

7. An aluminum flag pole is 20.0 m tall on a -15 degrees celsius

winter’s day. How much higher will the flag fly from the pole
on a hot 42 degrees celsius summer day?
8. What amount of change in temperature did a 0.25 kg
copper metal undergo when it is initially 5.0m long and
expanded by 0.00002 m?

9. A glass flask whose volume is 1000 cm^3 at 0.0 degress

celsius is completely filled with mercury at this temperature.
When flask and mecury are warmed to 80.0 degrees celsius,
12.5 cm^3 of mercury overflow. Compute the coefficient of
volume expansion of the glass.