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Practice Test for Midterm Exam

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 3hrs 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

There are gaps in the railway tracks to allow tracks to _____________ on a hot day.

a)

burst

b)

contract

c)

expand

d)

ignite

2.

Thermometer is the instrument used to measure ____________________.

a)

Heat energy

b)

Temperature

c)

Specific heat

d)

Specific latent heat

3.

Scale of a thermometer tells how far the ______________rises or goes down.

a)

Mercury

b)

Helium

c)

Nitrogen

d)

Neon

4.

Heat is a form of ________________.

a)

Degree

b)

Scale

c)

Energy

d)

Hotness

5.

Temperature measures how _____ or _____ an object is.

a)

hot, increase

b)

hot, cold

c)

heat, hot

d)

cold, cool

6.

When matter is_________, it will expand an its size or volume become bigger.

a)

Hotted

b)

Cold

c)

Heated

d)

Cooled

7.

Mercury expand and __________ evenly as the temperature changes. This makes it suitable to be used in thermometers.

a)

balance

b)

decreasing

c)

contract

d)

increase

8.

Glass bulb is a part of thermometer which contains ____________________.

a)

Calcium nitrate

b)

Mercury

c)

Acid

d)

Helium

9.

The specific latent heat of vaporization of a substance is the amount of heat needed to change the state of 1kg of the substance from ______________ to ___________ state without any change in temperature.

a)

gas, solid

b)

liquid, gaseous

c)

liquid, solid

d)

solid, gas

10.

The specific latent heat of fusion of a substance is the amount of heat needed to change the state of 1kg of the substance from ______________ to ___________ state without any change in temperature.

a)

solid, gas

b)

solid, liquid

c)

liquid, gas

d)

gas, solid

11.

Covert 85°C to °F

a)

118°F

b)

185°C

c)

118°C

d)

185°F

12.

Covert 35°F into °C

a)

1667°C

b)

166.7°C

c)

1.667°C

d)

16.67°C

13.

Convert 120°C into K

a)

393.93 K

b)

3.93 K

c)

393.15 K

d)

39.15 K

14.

Convert 10°F into K

a)

2609.28 K

b)

260.928 K

c)

26.092 K

d)

2.609 K

15.

Convert 100°C into °F

a)

211 °F

b)

221 °F

c)

212 °F

d)

202 °F

16.

5 g of copper was heated from 20°C to 2=80°C. How much energy was used to heat copper?(c=0.092 cal/g °C)

a)

2.67 cal

b)

26.7 cal

c)

27.6 cal

d)

276 cal

17.

A 155g sample of an unknown substance was heated from 25°C to 40°C. In the process, the substance absorbed 569 calories of energy. What is the specific heat of the substance?

a)

0.24 cal/kg °C

b)

0.18 cal/g °C

c)

0.24 cal/g °C

d)

0.24 cal

18.

How much heat is released when 20g of water at 50°C cools to 25°C? The specific heat of water is 1 cal/g °C.

a)

500 cal

b)

500 J/g

c)

500 J

d)

500 cal/g

19.

How much heat is absorbed by 2kg of water as energy from the fire causes its temperature to change from 10°C to 20°C? (c = 4200 J/kg °C)

a)

74,000 calories

b)

63,000 calories

c)

84,000 Joules

d)

48,000 Joules

20.

The temperature of a sample water increases from 15°C to 30°C as it absorbs 4550 calories of heat. What is the mass of the sample? (specific heat of water is 1.0 cal/g °C)

a)

203.33 J/kg

b)

323.33 g/°C

c)

303.33 g

d)

213.33 kg

21.

How much energy is needed to melt down a 4000 g of mercury? (Lf = 1.14 x 104 J/kg)

a)

45.6 x 104 cal

b)

4.56 x 104 J

c)

45,600 cal

d)

456,000 J

22.

A 5g ice cube is placed on a table. After a while it melts. How much energy was required to melt it? (LF = 80 cal/g °C)

a)

412 cal/g

b)

240 J/kg

c)

400 cal

d)

385 J

23.

Calculate the amount of heat added to 2500 g of gold to change phase from solid to liquid. Heat of fusion for gold is 64500 J/kg.

a)

200,000 joules

b)

121,210 joules

c)

161,250 joules

d)

141, 365 joules

24.

When 1,250 J of heat us added to 4000 g of a metal, it all melts and remains at a constant temperature. What is the heat of fusion of this metal?

a)

0. 414 cal/kg

b)

0.313 J/g

c)

0.212 cal/g

d)

0.18 J/kg

25.

Calculate the mass of a gold bar that absorbed 1, 612, 500 J to change its phase from solid to liquid. Heat of fusion for gold bar is 64500 J/kg.

a)

25 grams

b)

215 kilograms

c)

255 grams

d)

25 kilograms