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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.

The amount of sensible heat gained or lost by a body is the product of its heat capacity and the _______ change.

  heat

  temperature

  time

  Half-n-half Clue
 

2.

If 760 J of heat are required to increase the temperature of a body by 40oC, then its heat capacity in J/oC is

  800

  4

  19

  30400

  Half-n-half Clue
 

3.

During the day, the sea gets heated more quickly than the land because the specific heat capacity of the land is less than that of the sea.

  True

  False

 

4.

Sea breezes occur at night.

  True

  False

 

5.

The SI unit of heat capacity is _______.

  Joule/oC

  Joule/(kg oC)

  Erg/oC

  Half-n-half Clue
 

6.

If 1632 J of heat are gained by 40 g of oil [having a specific heat capacity of 2.4 J/(g oC)], the temperature change in the oil is

   4 oC

   96 oC

  68 oC

  17 oC

  Half-n-half Clue
 

7.


Consider the graph of temperature (in oC) vs. time (in minutes) given above. From the cooling curves, it is observed that the decrease in temperature of liquid A in the first 6 minutes is about _______oC.

  55

  40

  35

  50

  Half-n-half Clue
 


 
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