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Heat

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Hot coffee is stirred with a spoon, the spoon gets hot due to

a)

Convection

b)

Conduction

c)

Radiation

2.
If two objects have different temperatures, heat will flow from the cooler object to the warmer one.
a)
True
b)
False
3.
Which material is the best conductor of heat?
a)
Wood
b)
Plastic
c)
Glass
d)
Steel
4.
Why do metals conduct thermal energy more quickly?
a)
Particles vibrate faster
b)
Due to the presence of bound electrons
c)
Due to the presence of free electrons
d)
Metals are grey
5.

If the area through which heat is transferred is increased by a factor of 2, then the rate of heat transfer is increased by .................

a)

a factor of 4

b)

a factor of 1/2

c)

a factor of 2

d)

a factor of 1

6.

Units for thermal conductivity is .....

a)

J kg-1 K-1

b)

J mol-1 K-1

c)

W mol-1 K-1

d)

W m-1 K-1

7.

Coefficient of linear expansion, Coefficient of area expansion and Coefficient of volume expansion have the unit of....

a)

oC-1

b)

oC

c)

W m-1 oC-1

d)

J m-1 oC-1

8.

Thermal expansion of liquid depends on the expansion of the container that it fills. However, why does liquid overflow after heating?

a)

because container does not expand

b)

because coefficient of volume expansion for liquid is bigger than the container

c)

because liquid and container expand at the same amount

d)

because particles in solid container is more closely packed together than liquid

9.

Heat transfers in three ways:

a)

radiant, light, energy

b)

conduction, radiation, convection

c)

elastic, kinetic, potential

d)

conduction, oven, microwave

10.
The liquid in a thermometer ______________ as the temperature increases.
a)
expands
b)
disappears
c)
freezes
d)
explodes
11.
The most common temperature scale used in the world where water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees is called the __________________ scale.
a)
Celsius
b)
Fahrenheit
c)
Pound
d)
Kelvin
12.
The movement of thermal energy from an object at a higher temperature to an object at a lower temperature is called ____________.
a)
thermal
b)
expansion
c)
temperature
d)
heat
13.

Heat, like work, is an energy transfer measured in

a)

watts

b)

degrees

c)

joules

d)

kelvins

14.

The transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves is called

a)

conduction

b)

convection

c)

radiation

d)

insulation

15.

Which of the following is the INCORRECT about thermal conduction in an insulator rod?

a)

heat cause molecule to vibrate faster. This also cause collision of hot molecules to colder molecule

b)

free electron gain energy and move faster. It then collide with colder molecules

c)

transferring thermal energy by free electron is faster compared to vibrating molecules in lattice

d)

transferring thermal energy by free electron is slower compared to vibrating molecules in lattice because they are far apart

16.

Which below is the correct relationship of the rate of heat flow?

a)

dQdt=kAdTx\frac{\text{d}Q}{\text{d}t}=kA\frac{\text{d}T}{\text{x}}

b)

dQdt=kAdTx\frac{\text{d}Q}{\text{d}t}=-kA\frac{\text{d}T}{\text{x}}

c)

dQdx=kAdTt\frac{\text{d}Q}{\text{d}x}=-kA\frac{\text{d}T}{\text{t}}

d)

dQdt=kAT2T1x\frac{\text{d}Q}{\text{d}t}=kA\frac{T_2-T_1}{\text{x}}

17.

Which below are NOT the thermal expansion for liquid and gas?

a)

linear expansion

b)

volume expansion

c)

area expansion

18.

Below is correct relationship of coefficient in thermal expansion EXCEPT

a)

β=2α\beta=2\alpha

b)

γ=4α\gamma=4\alpha

c)

γ=3α\gamma=3\alpha

19.

A hollow aluminium cylinder has an internal capacity 2L at room temperature. it is then filled with an unknown liquid and warmed to 80 Celsius. in order to find the overflow of the unknown liquid, what is the most suitable formula to solve this problem?

a)

 ΔL=αLoΔT\Delta L=\alpha L_o\Delta T  

b)

 ΔA=βAoΔT\Delta A=\beta A_o\Delta T  

c)

 ΔV=γVoΔT\Delta V=\gamma V_o\Delta T  

20.

Thermal conductivity depends on

a)

the shape of the material

b)

type of material

c)

boiling points

d)

insulated or not insulated material