DP Physics Unit 3 Test Part 1

Match the correct heat transfer with the example given.

a. Conduction b. Convection c. Thermal Radiation
1. Thunderhead clouds b
2. Heat from a fire place c
3. Hot handle of a frying pan. a

4. The specific latent heat of vaporization of a substance is greater than its specific latent heat of
fusion because

A. boiling takes place at a higher temperature than melting.

B. thermal energy is required to raise the temperature from the melting point to the
boiling point.
C. the volume of the substance decreases on freezing but increases when boiling.
D. the increase in potential energy of the molecules is greater on boiling than on
melting.

For 5 – 7, use the graph below.

This question is about the change of phase (state) of ice.

20

15 W A quantity of crushed ice is

removed from a freezer
10
and placed in a
5 calorimeter. Thermal
energy is supplied to the
C 0 ice at a constant rate. To
Z X ensure that all the ice is at
–5
the same temperature, it is
–10 continually stirred. The
temperature of the contents
–15
Y of the calorimeter is
recorded every 15 seconds.
–20
0 25 50 75 100 125 150 175 200
t/s
The graph below shows the
variation with time t of the
5. On the graph above, locate the position, the data point on the graph temperature θ of the
at which all the ice has just melted. contents of the calorimeter.
A. point W B. point X C. point Y d. point Z (Uncertainties in the
measured quantities are
6. When was the temperature increasing on the given graph? not shown.)
A. between 0 – 15 seconds only
B. between 15 seconds and 165 seconds
C. between 0 – 15 seconds and between 165 – 195 seconds
D. between 0 – 195 seconds
E. between 0 – 165 seconds
7. What is the state of the ice after 165 seconds?
A. all solid B. combination of solid and liquid
C. all liquid D. liquid and gas

8. A substance changes from solid to liquid at its normal melting temperature. What change, if any,
occurs in the average kinetic energy and the average potential energy of its molecules?

Average kinetic energy Average potential energy

A. constant constant
B. increases constant
C. increases decreases
D. constant increases

9. Which of the following is the internal energy of a system?

A. The total thermal energy gained by the system during melting and boiling.
B. The sum of the potential and the kinetic energies of the particles of the system.
C. The total external work done on the system during melting and boiling.
D. The change in the potential energy of the system that occurs during melting and
boiling.

10. The heat capacity of a solid body is defined as

A. the thermal energy required to increase the body’s temperature by one degree.
B. the maximum thermal energy that must be supplied to melt the solid.
C. the total kinetic energy of the solid’s molecules.
D. the average kinetic energy of the solid’s molecules.

11. How much heat energy is used to heat up 1 kg of Cu from 20o C to 40o C? (Specific Heat of Cu is 386
J/kg K-1.
A. 6250 J B. 7720 J C. 8750 D. 9284 J

12. How much heat energy is used to completely melt 3 kg of ice at 0o?
(Latent heat of ice is 3.33 x 105 J/kg)
A. 999 kJ B. 1200 kJ C. 125 kJ D. 333 kJ

13. Electric power companies sell electrical energy by the kWh, where 1 kWh = 3.6×106 J.
Suppose that it costs $0.15 per kWh to run an electric water heater in your neighborhood.
How much does it cost to heat 75 kg of water from 15°C to 43°C to fill a bathtub? (specific heat
of water is 4180 J/(kg K))
A. $0.45 B. $0.36 C. $0.24 D. $0.12
For 14 – 15. A car engine’s cooling system contains 20.0 L of water (1 L of water has a mass of
1 kg).

14. What is the change in the temperature of the water if 836 kJ of the thermal energy is added?
A. 20.2 K B. 32.4 K C. 10.0 K D. 41.6 K

15. Suppose that it is winter, and the car’s cooling system is filled with methanol. The density of
methanol is 0.80 g/cm3. What would be the increase in temperature of the methanol if it
absorbed 836.0 kJ of thermal energy? (The mass of the methanol would be 0.80 times the mass
of 20.0 L of water, or 16 kg) (specific heat of methanol is 2450 J/(kg K)
A. 21 K B. 34 K C. 14 K D. 42 K

16. A 100-g of Aluminum block at 100o C is placed in 100-g of water at 10o C. The final
temperature of the mixture is 26o C. What is the specific heat of the aluminum? (Specific heat of
Q
water is 4180 J/(kg K)(hint: gain
=Qlost )
A. 740 J/(kg K) B. 624 J/(kg K) C. 904 J/(kg K) D. 1204 J/(kg K)

17. A 150-g piece of glass at a temperature of 70o C is placed in a container with 100-g of water
initially at a temperature of 16o C. What is the equilibrium temperature of the water? (Specific
Q =Qlost )
heat of water is 4180 J/(kg K)) and specific heat of glass is 840 J/(kg K)) (hint: gain
A. 28.5oC B. 34.6oC C. 41.1oC D. 14.4oC

18. True or False: Stovetop pans are made of metals such as copper, iron, and aluminum because
of its relatively low specific heat, less energy wasted during the thermal energy transfer during
cooking.

19. A steel plant operator wishes to change 100 kg of 25oC iron into molten iron (melting point =
1538oC). How much thermal energy must be added? (specific heat of iron is 450 J/(kg K) and
Laten heat of iron is 2.66 x 105 J/kg)
A. 8.2 x 107 J B. 9.5 x 107 J C. 4.6 x 107 J D. 2.5 x 107 J
20. A liquid is contained in a dish open to the atmosphere.

Which one of the following contains three factors that affect rate of evaporation of
the liquid?

A. Temperature of the Surface area Specific latent heat of

liquid vaporization

B. Temperature of the Mass of Specific latent heat of vaporization

liquid liquid

C. Surface area Mass of Temperature of the liquid

liquid

D. Mass of liquid Surface area Specific latent heat of vaporization