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School Physics Quiz : Sensible Heat & Specific Heat Capacity


Answer the following questions based on specific heat capacity.

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1.


Consider the graph of temperature (in oC) vs. time (in minutes) given above showing the cooling curves of liquids A and B. If 10 g of liquid A lose 840 J of heat in the first 6 minutes, the specific heat capacity of liquid A is about _______ J/(g oC).

  2.1

  14

  8.4

  21

  Half-n-half Clue
 

2.

Sea breezes occur at night.

  True

  False

 

3.

The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of a unit _______ of a material by 1oC is called its specific heat capacity.

  volume

  weight

  mass

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4.

Which of the following substances has the highest specific heat capacity ?

  Aluminum

  Iron

  Water

  Copper

  Half-n-half Clue
 

5.

If 1680 J of heat are gained by 70 g of oil [having a specific heat capacity of 2.4 J/(g oC)], the temperature change in the oil is

  70 oC

   168 oC

  10 oC

   7 oC

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6.

If the temperature of a certain mass of aluminum [having a specific heat capacity of 0.8 J/(g oC)] is lowered by 5oC and the heat lost is 120 J, then the mass of the aluminum is

  40 g

  50 g

  24 g

  30 g

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7.


Consider the graph of temperature (in oC) vs. time (in minutes) given above. From the cooling curves, it is observed that _______ cools more rapidly.

  liquid A

  liquid B

 


 
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