Physics

SEMESTER 2023-24
INSTRUCTOR: SWARNAVA MITRA
20.6.24

ASSESSMENT - 1 25 marks

1. Elaborate on the factors affecting evaporation. [4]

2. List some differences between evaporation and boiling. [4]

3. Why are air conditioners put towards the ceiling and not towards the base of the room? [2]

4. Explain why convection does not happen in solids. [2]

5. Why does thermal energy from the sun reach us through radiation and not conduction or convection? [1]

6. At a temperature of 27°C, the pressure of the gas in a deodorant can is 3 atm. If the container can tolerate a
maximum pressure of 10 atm, calculate the temperature to which the container can be heated to without
exploding. [2]

7. A bladder of nitrogen is first put in ice and then in boiling water. If the change in the volume of the bladder is
7 litres, what are the initial and final volumes? [4]

8. At his friend's birthday party, Joey is trying to burst a rubber balloon by squeezing it. The balloon will burst
if the pressure difference across it exceeds 3 atm. If the pressure of the gas is 1 atm at 1.5 litre volume, how
much volume should this balloon be squeezed to burst? [3]

9. The pressure on the gas in the compressor of a refrigerator changes from 2 atm to 1.4 atm. Will this gas be
able to freeze water, if the room temperature was 37°C? [3]