WorksheetsYear 10 Topic 2.1-2.2 Review
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Some liquid is heated in a flask.
The diagrams show the height of the liquid in the tube when the liquid is cold and when it is hot.
What is the difference in the heights?
The diagrams show the height of the liquid in the tube when the liquid is cold and when it is hot.
What is the difference in the heights?
a)
1.7 cm
b)
2.8 cm
c)
3.2 cm
d)
4.5 cm
2.
Which answer describes the properties of solids and of liquids at a fixed temperature?
a)
solids - definite volume and definite shape
liquids - no definite volume but definite shape
b)
solids - no definite volume but definite shape
liquids - definite volume and definite shape
c)
solids - definite volume and definite shape
liquids - definite volume but no definite shape
d)
solids - no definite volume but definite shape
liquids - no definite volume and no definite shape
3.
Air is pumped slowly into a car tyre to increase the pressure. The temperature of the air does not change.
Which line in the table is correct?
Which line in the table is correct?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
4.
The thermometer in the diagram has no scale. Where must the bulb be placed so that 0 °C can be marked on the stem?
a)
in boiling water
b)
in cold water
c)
in a freezer
d)
in melting ice
5.
A sample of a solid is heated for 12 minutes and its temperature noted every minute. The results are shown in the table.
How should the sample be described at the end of the 12 minutes?
How should the sample be described at the end of the 12 minutes?
a)
all solid
b)
in the process of melting
c)
all liquid
d)
in the process of boiling
6.
Viewed through a microscope, very small particles can be seen moving with Brownian motion. Which line in the table is correct?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
7.
The pressure of a fixed mass of gas in a cylinder is measured. The volume of the gas in the cylinder is then slowly decreased.
Which graph could show the change of pressure of the gas during this process?
Which graph could show the change of pressure of the gas during this process?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
8.
Equal masses of two different liquids are heated using the same heater. The graph shows how the temperature of each liquid changes with time.
What does the graph tell us about the liquids?
What does the graph tell us about the liquids?
a)
Liquid 1 has a higher melting point than liquid 2.
b)
Liquid 1 has a higher boiling point than liquid 2.
c)
Liquid 1 starts to melt sooner than liquid 2.
d)
Liquid 1 starts to boil sooner than liquid 2.
9.
An engineer wants to fix a steel washer on to a steel rod. The rod is just too big to fit into the hole of the washer.
How can the engineer fit the washer on to the rod?
How can the engineer fit the washer on to the rod?
a)
Cool the washer and put it over the rod.
b)
Cool the washer and rod to the same temperature and push them together.
c)
Heat the rod and then place it in the hole.
d)
Heat the washer and then place it over the rod.
10.
When water evaporates, some molecules escape.
Which molecules escape?
Which molecules escape?
a)
the molecules at the bottom of the liquid with less energy than others
b)
the molecules at the bottom of the liquid with more energy than others
c)
the molecules at the surface with less energy than others
d)
the molecules at the surface with more energy than others
11.
A person holds a glass beaker in one hand and fills it quickly with hot water. It takes several seconds before his hand starts to feel the heat.
Why is there this delay?
Why is there this delay?
a)
Glass is a poor conductor of heat.
b)
Glass is a good conductor of heat.
c)
Water is a poor conductor of heat.
d)
Water is a good conductor of heat.
12.
Which line in the table correctly describes whether the molecules of a solid, liquid and gas are moving or stationary?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
13.
Driving a car raises the temperature of the tyres.
This causes the pressure of the air in the tyres to increase. Why is this?
This causes the pressure of the air in the tyres to increase. Why is this?
a)
Air molecules break up to form separate atoms.
b)
Air molecules expand with the rise in temperature.
c)
The force between the air molecules increases.
d)
The speed of the air molecules increases.
14.
The diagram shows how the atoms in a substance rearrange themselves during a change of state.
Which change of state is shown?
Which change of state is shown?
a)
gas to liquid
b)
liquid to gas
c)
liquid to solid
d)
solid to liquid
15.
Equal masses of two different liquids are put into identical beakers. They are heated from 20 °C to 30 °C by heaters of the same power. Liquid 2 takes twice as long to heat as liquid 1.
Which statement is correct?
Which statement is correct?
a)
Both liquids receive the same amount of energy.
b)
Liquid 1 receives more energy than liquid 2.
c)
The thermal capacity of liquid 1 is equal to the thermal capacity of liquid 2.
d)
The thermal capacity of liquid 1 is less than the thermal capacity of liquid 2.
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