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B1: specific heat capacity and latent heat

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 47mins

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Class
Date
1.

Danny pours some 95°C water into a cup of instant noodles. The final temperature of the mixture is 85°C. If the masses of the hot water and noodles are 500 g and 150 g respectively, find the specific heat capacity of the noodles.

Give that the original temperature of the noodles is 25°C and the specific heat capacity of the water is 4200 J kg-1 °C-1.

a)

500 J kg-1 °C-1

b)

1.08 x 103 J kg-1 °C-1

c)

2.33 x 103 J kg-1 °C-1

d)

6.00 x 103 J kg-1 °C-1

2.

When an electric heater is supplied with an electric power of 2.0 kW to heat 4.0 kg of water for 1 minute, calculate the increase in temperature of the water. Assume that the specific heat capacity of water is 4200 J kg-1 0C-1 and there is no heat loss to the surroundings.

a)

3.050C

b)

7.10C

c)

140C

d)

300C

3.

Which will heat up faster?

a)

copper

b)

granite

c)

iron

d)

basalt

4.

Which will heat up slower?

a)

water

b)

lead

c)

granite

d)

iron

5.
A high specific heat means...
a)
It heats up quickly with energy added
b)
It requires more energy to change temperature
6.

Calorimetry Question:

A piece of metal with a mass of 32.8 g is heated to 100.5°C and dropped into 138.2 g of water at 20.0°C. The final temperature of the system is 30.2°C. What is the specific heat capacity of the metal?

a)

2.56 J/g°C

b)

0.391 J/g°C

c)

5.29 J/g°C

d)

3.50 J/g°C

7.
How much heat is absorbed when 355g of water goes from 25-45 degrees Celsius? The specific heat of water is 4180 J/kg.K 
a)
21945 J
b)
21945 g
c)
29678 J
d)
29678 g
8.

A 300g piece of aluminum at 100 oC is placed in a 150g of H2O at 20.0 oC. The final temp. of the mix is 35 oC. What is the specific heat of the aluminum if the specific heat of the water is 4180 J/kgK?

a)

482 J

b)

482 g

c)
32415 J
d)
32415 g
9.

What is the formula to calculate specific latent heat of vaporisation?

a)

l=Qml=\frac{Q}{m}

b)

c = Q/(mΔƟ)

c)

Q = mcΔƟ

d)

Q=mlQ=ml

10.

if 334000 J of heat is required to change state of 1 kg of ice into water then heat of fusion is

a)

668000 J/kg

b)

334000 kg

c)

334000 J/kg

d)

668000 J

11.

which value is larger for a substance

a)

latent heat of fusion

b)

latent heat of vaporisation

12.

Latent heat is

a)

the heat absorbed or released at a boiling process during a change of phase

b)

the heat absorbed or released at a constant temperature during a change of phase

c)

the heat absorbed or released at a constant temperature during a change of phase of 1 kg object

d)

the heat absorbed or released by an object to increase or decrease its temperature by 1 degree Celcius

13.

How much energy is required to freeze 150 g of water?
[lv=2260000 J kg1; lf=334000 J kg1]\left[l_v=2260000\ J\ kg^{-1};\ l_f=334000\ J\ kg^{-1}\right]  

a)

50 100 cal

b)

339 000 J

c)

339 000 cal

d)

50 100 J

14.

How much energy is required to change 5 kg of ice at 0 °\degree C into water at the same temperature? (latent heat of fusion is 3.36 X 10610^6 J/kg )

a)

16.1 x106J

b)

16.8 X106J

c)

15.1 X106cal

d)

16.8 X106cal

15.

How much energy is required to change 2600 g of water at 100 °\degree C into steam temperature? (latent heat of vaporization is 2.26 x 10610^6

a)

Q = 5.9 X 10610^6  J

b)

M = 5.9 Xundefined J

c)

C = 5.9 Xundefined J

d)

Δ\Delta T = 5.9 X J

16.
The graph shows the cooling curve of a substance.
The specific latent heat released at stages?
a)
CD and FG
b)
DE and EF
c)
EF and FG
d)
DE and FG
17.
What  is the formula to calculate heat energy required to raise the temperature of any substance?
a)
Q=mc∆t
b)
Q=mc
c)
Q= ½mv
d)
m=QC
18.

10 kg of aluminium is heated from 120C to 220C. How much energy is needed?

a)

8 970 000 J

b)

897 J

c)

8970 J

d)

89 700 J

e)

897 000J

19.

The definition for specific heat capacity is

a)

Specific heat capacity is the amount of power needed to raise the temperature of unit mass of a substance by 1K/1oC

b)

Specific heat capacity is the amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of unit mass of a substance by 1K/1oC

c)

Specific heat capacity is the amount of energy needed to raise the temperature by 1K/1oC

d)

Specific heat capacity is the amount of power needed to raise the temperature by 1K/1oC

20.

Define specific latent heat of vaporisation.

a)

The specific latent heat of a substance tells us how much energy is needed to change the state of 1 kg of substance at constant temperature.

b)

The specific latent heat of a substance tells us how much energy is needed to change the state of 1 kg of substance

c)

The specific latent heat of a substance tells us how much energy is needed to change the state between a solid and liquid of 1 kg of substance at constant temperature.

d)

The specific latent heat of a substance tells us how much energy is needed to change the state between a liquid and gas of 1 kg of substance at constant temperature.