Salman Sir’s Structured Questions
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1 Mark Questions
1. Which of the following is more dangerous, when exposed to bare skin?
(a) Ice (c) Lake warm water
(b) Steam (d) Boiling water
2. Which of the following is a unit of temperature?
(a) C (b) F (c) K (d) All of these
3. Which of the following represents the correct expression of specific heat capacity?
∆" #∆" ∆$ #∆$
(a) #∆$ (b) ∆$ (c) #∆" (d) ∆"
4. The meaning of statement specific heat capacity of water is 4200 J/kgK is
(a) Water needs 4200 J to raise its temperature by 1K
(b) To raise the temperature of water 4200 J of heat is absorbed
(c) 1 kg water absorbs 4200 J heat to increase its temperature by 1 K
(d) 1 kg water needs 1 K temperature to absorb 4200 J heat
5. 200 g of ice at 0°C needs.... heat to melt.
(Take, specific latent heat of ice = 336000 J/kg)
(a) 6720 J (b) 67200 J (c) 672000 J (d) 67.2 J
6. Temperature-time graph of a substance is given below
Which of the following curve represents cooling?
(a) OA (b) AB (c) BC (d) None of these
7. The specific latent heat of fusion of water is
(a) 80 cal/g (b) 2260 J/g (c) 80 J/g (d) 336 J/kg
8. For the given temperature-time graph, which portion represents phase transition?
(a) OA and BC (b) AB and CD (c) AB and BC (d) OA and CD
2 Marks Questions
9. (i) Give an example, where high specific heat capacity of water is used as a heat reservoir
(ii) Give an example, where high specific heat capacity of water is used for cooling purposes.
10. If a body had high heat energy, so does it mean that it has high temperature? Justify.
11. We feel relief under a fan when we are perspiring. Explain, why?
12. How is the heat capacity of the body related to its specific heat capacity?
13. Liquids A and B are at 30°C and 20°C. When mixed in equal masses, the temperature of
the mixture is found to be 26°C. Find the ratio of their specific heat capacities.
14. State whether the land cool at a slower or faster rate than water. Give reason in support of
you answer.
15. Briefly explain why does a person feel refresh, when his forehead is being sponged with
Eau de cologne?
16. Why do pieces of ice added to a drink, cool it much faster than ice cold water added to it?
17. A piece of iron of mass 2.0 kg has a thermal capacity of 996 J/°C.
(i) How much heat is needed to warm it by 15°C?
(ii) What is its specific heat capacity in SI unit?
18. Determine the time taken by a 500 W heater to raise the temperature of 50 kg of material
of specific heat capacity 920 J/kgK, from 18°C to 38°C. Assume that, all the heat supplied by
the heater is given to the material.
Structured Questions
19. (i) (a) Define heat capacity of a substance.
(b) Write the SI unit of heat capacity.
(c) What is the relationship between heat capacity and specific heat capacity of a substance?
(ii) The diagram shows the change of phases of a substance on a temperature versus time
graph on heating the substance at a constant rate.
(a) Why is the slope of CD is less than slope of AB?
(b) What is the boiling and melting points of the substance?
(iii) A piece of ice of mass 60 g is dropped into 140 g of water at 50°C. Calculate the final
temperature of water when all the ice has melted.
(Assume, no heat is lost to the surrounding) (Take, specific heat capacity of water = 4.2 J/gK
and specific latent heat of fusion of ice = 336 J/g)
20. (i) (a) Define calorimetry.
(b) Name the material used for making a calorimeter.
(c) Why is a calorimeter made up of thin sheets of the above material answered in part (b)?
(ii) The melting point of naphthalene is 80°C and the room temperature is 30°C is cooled
down to the room temperature. Draw a temperature-time graph to represent this cooling. In
this graph, mark the region which corresponds to the freezing process
(iii) 104 g of water at 30°C is taken in a calorimeter made of copper of mass 42 g. When a
certain mass of ice at 0°C is added to it, the final steady temperature of the mixture after the
ice has melted, was found to be 10°C Find the mass of ice added. (Take, specific heat
capacity of water = 4.2 J/g°C specific latent heat of fusion of ice = 336 J/g, specific heat
capacity of copper = 0.4 J/g°C
