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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.

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

  Iron

  Water

  Copper

  Aluminum

  Half-n-half Clue
 

2.

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

  weight

  mass

  volume

  Half-n-half Clue
 

3.


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.

  50

  40

  35

  55

  Half-n-half Clue
 

4.


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).

  8.4

  2.1

  14

  21

  Half-n-half Clue
 

5.

Sea breezes occur at night.

  True

  False

 

6.

The SI unit of heat capacity is _______.

  Joule/oC

  Joule/(kg oC)

  Erg/oC

  Half-n-half Clue
 

7.

If 83680 J of heat are required to raise the temperature of 4 kg of water by 5oC, then the specific heat capacity of water in J/(kg oC) is

  8368

  20920

  16736

  4184

  Half-n-half Clue
 


 
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