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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. From the cooling curves, it is observed that the decrease in temperature of liquid A in the first 6 minutes is about _______oC.

  35

  55

  50

  40

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2.


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

 

3.

The heat gained or lost by a body resulting in a change in temperature is called _______.

  latent heat

  hidden heat

  sensible heat

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4.

If the specific heat capacity of iron is 0.5 J/(g oC), then the heat capacity of an iron solid of mass 80 g is

  40 J/oC

  8 J/oC

  80 J/oC

  160 J/oC

  Half-n-half Clue
 

5.

If 540 J of heat are required to increase the temperature of a body by 30oC, then its heat capacity in J/oC is

  18

  16200

  570

  3

  Half-n-half Clue
 

6.


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).

  21

  2.1

  14

  8.4

  Half-n-half Clue
 

7.

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

  Half-n-half Clue
 


 
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