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Q1(a) () Aliquid is heated so that bubbles of its vapour rise to the surface and molecules escape to the atmosphere.
State the name of this process [1]
() At alower temperature than in (a)(), molecules escape from the surface to the atmosphere.
State the name of this process.tVapAbon. [1]
(b) () Fig. 1.1 shows apparatus used to determine the power output of a heate.
thermometer
electric heater
metal block
Fig. 1.1
The metal block has a mass of 2.7 kg. The metal of the bilock has a specific heat capacity of 900 JI (kg °C).
In 2 min 30 s, the temperature of the block increases from 21 °C to 39 °C.
Calculate the power of the heater.
43740
I50 W
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(2)
() Fig. 2.1 shows a heater in a metal block.
thermometer
electric heater
metal block
Fig. 2.1
The power of the heater is 370 Wand it is switched on for 4.0 minutes. The metal block has a specific heat capacity of
420 JI(kg °C) and a mass of 5.0 kg.
Calculate theincrease of temperature of the block. Assume all the thermal energy from the heater is transferred to the
block.
S8,800: meo
88,00: 5x420 x A
370 AQ 296
240
temperature increase = 42-3s. [4]
[Total: 6]
Q3 An electrical heater is placed on the floor of a room in a house. The heater is switched on.
(a) State the main process by which themal energy is transferTed to the air in all parts of the room.
Conectisn. [1
(b) The heater has a power of 1.5 kW. The air in the room has a mass of 65 kg. The specific heat
capacity of air is 720 J/ (kg C).
() Calculate the time it takes for this heater to raise the temperature of the air in the room from 8.0°C to 15.0 °C.
1500 327,600o
t
218 4
(t)State wo reasons why the time calcujated in (b)() is
sir in the room from 8.0 °C to 15.0 °C. smaller than the actual time taken to raise the termperature of the
Explain why evaporation of water from the surface of the person's body causes the person to feel cold.
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Q5 Fig. 5.1shows apparatus used by a student to measure the specific heat capacity of iron.
thermometer
electric heater
iron block
Fig. 5.1
(a) The student improves the accuracy of the experiment by placing material around the block, as shown in Fig. 4.2.
material
Fig. 5.2
) Suggest the name of a possible material the student could use and
experiment explain how it improves the accuracy of the
suggestion. Wood
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(i) State how the student could further improve the accuracy of the experiment by using more of the
material used in Fig. 5.2.
(b) The current in the heater is 3.8 A and the potential difference (p.d.) across it is 12 V. The iron block has a
mass of 2.0 kg. When the heater is switched on for 10 minutes,the temperature of the block rises from
25 °C to 55 °C.
Calculate the specific heat capacity of iron.
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(b) Explain, in terms of molecules, why the pressure of the gas increases when the volume of the
balloon decreases. The temperature of the gas is constant.
Fig. 2.1
The prassure of the helium in the balloon keeps the balloon Inflated.
(a) Expiain how the particles of hellum produce this pressure.
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(b) As the tballoon travels upwards through the atmosphere, the volume of the helium increases.
The temperature of the helium remains constant.
))State an equation that relates the volume of the helium to its pressure.
.[1]
(i) Fig. 2.2 shows how the air pressure the atmosphere changes with the height above ground level.
120-T
pressure
kPa 100
80
60
40
20
0
2000 4000 6000 8000
height/m
Fig. 2.2
1. Using Fig. 6.2, determine the pressure at ground level. Give the unit.
2. Using Fig. 2.2, determine the height at which the volume of the helium in the balloon is twice the volume at ground
level.
height = -(2)
[Total: 8]
Q3 Fig. 31 shows a gas contained in a cylinder
enclosed by a piston.
pressure gauge
piston
cylinder
gas
Fig. 3.1
(a) Describe, in terms of momentum of the molecules, how a pressure is exerted on the walls of the cylinder.
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(b)The piston is pushed into the cylinder. The volume decreases from 820 cm3 to 330 cm3. The pressure gauge
measures the pressure after compression as 20 000 Pa. The temperature remains constant.
Calculate the value of the pressure before the gas was compressed.
820x P, : 20.O00 x 30
R050a.
pressure = ....... [3)
[Total: 6]
An Eucationa! tntiative of
The diagrams show four blocks of steel. The blocks are all drawn to the same scale.
The same quantity of thermal energy (heat) is given to each block.
Q2
Equal masses of two different liquids are heated using the same heater. The graph shows how
the temperature of each liquid changes with time.
temperature
liquid 1
liquid 2
0
0 time
tenperature/C 73 65 59 55 55 55 51 48 45 42 40 38 36 35 34 33
sholecule A
molecule B
(high energy)
(low energy)
molecule D
molecule C
(low energy)
(high energy)
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it becomes ice.
When steam condenses it becomes liquid water. When liquid water solidifies
what happens to the
What happens to the temperature of steam while it is condensing, and
temperature of water while it is solidifying?
06
Asolid is heated from room temperature.
The graph shows how its temperature changes with time as it is heated constantly.
temperature
room temperature
0+ A B D
time
Q7
Equal masses of wo different liquids are put into
identicai beakers.
Liqud 1 is heated for 100s and iiquid 2 is heated for 200 s by
heaters of the same power.
The temperature of both liquids
increases by the same amount.
different liquids
of same mass
liquid 1 liquid 2
heaters of
heating time = 100 s same power heating time = 200s
Which slatement is correct?
A Both liquids receive the same amount of energy.
Liquid 1receives more energy than liquid 2. X
C Both liguids have equal thermal capacity.
X Y
X
A SWimmer feels cold after leaving warm water
on a warm, windy day.
Why does she feel cold even though the air is
warnm?
The less energetic water molecuies on her skin
escape quickly.
The more energetic water molecules on her skin do not escape
quickly
The water on her skin does not evaporate quickly enough to
keep her wamn.
.P The water on her skin evaporates quickly and cools her skin.
Q10
The same quantity of thermal (heat) energy is given to two objects Xand Y. The temperature rise
of object X is less than the temperature rise of object Y.
O12
In anexperiment, a liquid is heated at a constant rate.
The temperature of the liquid increases and eventually becomes constant.
Which statement about the experiment is correct?
Q13
Which statement about evaporation is correct?
A Evaporation causes the temperature of the remaining liquid to decrease.
B Evaporation does not occur from a cold liquid near its freezing point.
C Evaporation does not occur from a dense liquid, such as mercury.
D Evaporation ocCurs from all parts of a liquid.
Q14
A beaker contains 0.500 kg of water at a temperalure of 3.0°C. The beaker is heated, and the
internal energy of the water increases by 21.0 kJ.
The specific heat capacity of water is 4200 J/ (kg °C).
What is the tenperature of the water after it has been healed?
5.5°C 10.0°C 13.0°C D 31.5°C
Q15
Asubstance loses themal energy (heat)to the surroundings at a steady rate.
The graph shows how the temperature of the substance changes with time.
temperature
P
time
liquid cooling
D liquid solidifying
Q16
water are both in a laboratory. The
A piece of melting ice at 0 °C and a beaker of boiling
laboratory is at 20C.
boiling water
is happening to the
What is happening to the temperature of the melting ice and what
temperature of the boiling water?
temperature of temperature of
melting ice boiling water
constant constant
Constant increasing
C increasing constant
increasing increasing
Q17
A puddle of water is formed after a rain shower on a windy day
Which statement explains the effect of the wind on the rate of evaporation of the water in the
puddle?
A The wind gives molecules in the water extra kinetic energy and so increases the rate of
evaporation.
The wind removes evaporated water from near the surface and so decreases the rate of
evaporation.
The wind removes evaporated water from near the surface and so increases the rate of
evaporation.
D The wind takes energy from molecules near the surface and so decreases the rate of
evaporation.
QIs
ontaner of mass 0 20 ko oontains 0 10 ka of water.
s f heat capacity of copper is 385 J/(kg C) and the specific heat
capacity of water
Q19
A metal has a speciic heat capacity of 360 J/ (kg °C). An object made of this metal has a mass of
2.0kg.
What is the themal capacity (heat capacity) of the object?
180J/C 180J/kg 720J/°C D 720 J/ kg
Q20
Equal masses of two different liquids are put into identical beakers.
Liquid 1is heated for 100s and liquid 2 is heated for 200s by heaters of the same power.
different liquids
of same mass
liquid 2
liquid 1
temperature
tirne
gas
Which molecules escape from the water and what happens to the average speed of the water
molecules that remain in the newspaper?
direction of
motion
handle
What apens to the pressure andwhat happens to the volume of the trapped air as the pump
Ihde is pshed in?
pressure volume
decreases decreases
ecreases remains the same
increases decreases
decreases decreases
decreases increases
Q6
A telephone engineer connects a wire between two poles when the weather is very cold.
He makes the wire very loose. The wire passes over a road.
very lOose wire
Pole
pole
it breaks it expands
it sags and touches it cont racts
cars on the road
Extremely small pollen grains in water are viewed through a microscope. The grains are seen to
move continuaily and randomly.
What is the reason for this random movement?
C The grains are oved by random rays of light reflecing off them.
The grains are moved by the random motion of their own atoms.
Gases CAn be oompressed, but iquids cannot
Whoh statenent explains this difference?
piston piston
gas gas
Which row in the table states what happens to the density of the gas and to the pressure of the
gas when it is compressed?
density pressure
decreases decreases
decreases increases
C increases decreases
increases increases
Q10
Two states of matter are described as follows.
in state 1, the molecules are very far apart. They move about very quickly at random in straight
lines until they hit sonething.
in state 2, the molecules are quite closely packed together. They move about at random. They do
not have fixed positions.
What is state 1 and what is state 2?
state 1 state 2
gas liquid
B gas solid
C liquid gas
D solid liquid
a11
A diver under waler uses breathing apparatus at a depth where the pressure is 1.25 x 10Pa.
S16x
20
A bubtbie of gas breathed out by the diver has a volume of 20 cm² when it is released. The bubble
moves upwards to the surface of the water.
Container
gas
3 molecule
What happens to the pressure of the gas, and what happens to the speed of the gas molecules?
pressure speed of
of gas molecules
increases increases
increases unchanged
unchanged increases
unchanged unchanged
013
cylinder of constant volume contains a fixed mass of gas. The gas is cooled.
A
What happens to the pressure of the gas and what happens to the kinetic energy of the gas
molecules?
kinetic energy
pressure of gas of molecules
decreases decreases
B decreases increases
increases decreases
D increases increases
O14
A circular metal disc is
heated.
its density
its diameter
C its thickness
D its volume
O15
gradually evaporates.
Puddles of rain water remain after a stom. The water in the puddles
water remaining the puddle, and how
How does the evaporation affect the temperature of themolecules in the puddle?
average speed of the remaining water
does it affect the
average speed of
temperature of water molecules
water in puddle
in puddle
decreases decreases
decreases increases
C increases decreases
D increaSes increases