1.

The following are untrue about heat

except? (a) it is a form of energy (b) it

damages thermometer (c) it can be

created (d) it is the measure of the degree

of hotness of a body

2. The following are effects of heat except

(a) it can cause chemical change (b) it can

cause expansion (c) it can cause empirical

interference (d) it can cause change in

physical properties

3. Temperature can be measured in any of

the following units except (a) joules (b)

Fahrenheit (c) Celsius (d) kelvin

4. Which of the following statement(s) is

(are) true of heat? I. Heat flow from

higher temperature to lower

temperature. II. Heat can be calculated.

IlII. Heat can be gotten from the sun (a) |

only (b) |I&|l (c) |, I| & III (d) |l only

5. Calculate the Celsius equivalent of 185°F

(a) 85 (b) 69 (c) 70 (d) 185

6. The reading on a damaged thermometer

indicated 102 at steam point and -4° at

the ice point. Calculate the reading of this

thermometer if another thermometer

reads 71'C (a) 75.26 (b) 79.26 (c) 71.26 (d)

67.26

7. The platinum resistance thermometer

has a resistance of 40 at 0C and 120 at

100°C. Assuming the resistance changes

uniformly with temperature, calculate the

resistance of the thermometer where the

temperature is 65C (a) 9.2 Q (b) 5.2 0 (c)

13.2 Q (d) 1.2 Q

8. The ice and steam points of a certain

thermometer calibrated in mm are 8 and

72 respectively. Calculate the Celsius

equivalent when the thermometer reads

12mm (a) 10.25 (b) 25.6 (c) 6.25 (d) 7.25

9. Convert 67°C to kelvin scale (a) 373K (b)

340K (c) 273K (d) 400K

10. Deduce the value in Fahrenheit if the

reading in a thermometer is 167°C (a)

300.6 (b) 306.0 (c) 332.6 (d) 336.2

11. The ice and steam point of a kelvin scale

is 273 and 373 respectively. Calculate

thee reading on this thermometer if

another reads 111'F (a) 316.89 (b) 306.89

(c) 326.89 (d) 318.69

12. An ungraduated thermometer reads

2.0cm and 12.0cm at ice and steam

points respectively. Determine the

reading in kelvin Scale if the thermometer

reads 7.5cm (a) 318 (b) 328 (c) 218 (d) 338

13. A resistance thermometer has a

resistance of 209 at 0°C and 85 Q at

100°C. If the resistance is 52 Q in a

medium, calculate the corresponding

temperature (a) 20.23 (b) 23.47 (c) 37.23

(d) 47.23

14. The thermometer developed by an SSS 1

physics student reads 1mm at ice point

and 28mm at steam point. Calculate the

reading of the thermometer if it is to

measure the temperature of the

examination hall which reads 61°C (a)

16.49 (b) 15.47 (c) 18.47 (d) 17.47

15. The following statements are not true of

kinetic theory except (a) al matters are

originally solids (b) all matters can be

changed from one state to another (c) all

matters are made up of atoms (d) some

matters can exist without tiny particles

16. The temperature of a steam from pure

water boiling at standard atmospheric

pressure is called (a) lower fixed point (b)

upper fixed point (c) colder fixed point (d)

defined point

17. Which of the following statements

correctly explain the effects of heat using

the ball and ring experiments? (i) the ball

contracts on heating (ii) the ball contracts

on cooling (ii) the ball passed through the

ring after heating (iv) the ball could not

pass through the ring after heating (a) l&l|

(b) l|&IV (c) 1&|| (d) &IV

18. The following are effects of expansion

except (a) cracking of bridges (b) bulging

of railway lines (c) thickening of heated

metal rod (d) sagging of telegraph wires

19. The cracking ofa thick glass cup is due to

which of the following phenomenon? (a)

particle nature of matter (b) anomalous

expansion of glasses (c) expansion of

solids (d) loss of heat

20. Which of the formula below represents

the linear expansivity of a metal of length

, heated from e, to , to get a new

length l2 (a)

(c)

21. If

(d)

(b)

and

which of the

following relation is untrue? I.

I.

III. (a)

only (c) ll only (d) none of the above

(a) l only (b) l1&|||

22. Which of the following statements is true

of water heated from 0°C to 100°C (a) the

volume is minimum at 0'C (b) the volume

is minimum at 40C (c) the volume is

maximum at 0'C (d) the volume is

maximum at 40c
23. The anomalous expansion of water is

experienced at what temperature range?

(a) 0-4°C (b) 0-10°C (c) 4-100°C (d) 4-10°C

24. The following observations were made by

a student who carried out a research on

the anomalous behavior of water when

heated from 0C to 100°C. I. the volume

at 4°C is the same as at 0'C II. The density

is maximum at 4°C |I. The mass is

unaltered even at 4'C.

Which of the statement(s) is (are) correct? (a)

1&|| (b) I&Ill (c) |l only (d) IlIl only

Given that the linear expansivity of a

metal is 10-k. Calculate the area

expansivity of the same material (a)

0.00000 k- (b) 0.000002 k- (c) 0.00003 k1

(d) 0.00004 k1

The cubic expansivity of a metal was

calculated to be 3x10K, What is the

ideal linear expansivity of this metal? (

0.00005 K" (b) 0.00001 K-1 (c) 1.00005

(d) 3.00001 K-1

• The length of a railway track measured in

the morning is 134m. Calculate the linear

expansivity of the metal if the new length

measured in the afternoon is 134.17m.

Temperature in the morning is 26°c while

that of the afternoon is 33'c (a) 101.2 x10

4K (b) 1.012 x10-4K- (c) 210.1 x104K1 (d)

2.101 x10-4K-1

• An aluminum wire measures 20m at 30'c.

When heated to 50c, it increases to

20.0034m. What is the linear expansivity

of the material? (a) 5.8 x10K (b) 5.8

x10-6K-1 (c) 8.5 x10-4K- (d) 8.5 x106K-1

• If the length of a metal rod is 21.07cm

and becomes 21.12cm when heated

through 42°c. Calculate the linear

expansivity of the substance (a) 3.05 x10

SK (b) 4.05 x105K (c) 5.05x105K1 (d)

6.05 x10-5K-1

• Find the increase in length that would be

recorded by a student who is to subject a

rod of linear expansivity 10K, 10m

length to a temperature rise of 71°c. (a)

0.071 (b) 0.701 (c) 0.107 (d) 0.017

• Convert -34°F to kelvin (a) 224.3K (b)

363.6K (c) 216.3K (d) 404.6K

Convert 20°c to kelvin (a) 253K (b) 273k (c)

293 (d) 303

• A resistant thermometer reads 40.0 Q at

ice point and 68.0 Q at steam point. Find

the temperature reading on the Celsius

Scale if the resistance of the thermometer

reads 72.4 Q (a) 120.17 (b) 115.71 (c)

162.27 (d) 177.17

• The volume ofa metal material increases

by 0.1774cm² when the material is

heated from 30c to 70c. If the cubic

expansivity of the material is 2.4x1 05k1,

Calculate the original volume of the

material (a) 87.96 cm (b) 98.87 cm² (c)

67.96 cm (d) 96.87 cm3

• In an experiment to determine the cubic

expansivity of a liquid, a student raised

the temperature of 65.8g of the liquid in a

density bottle from 30°c to 79°c and

observed 0.483g was expelled. Calculate

the cubic expansivity of the liquid (linear

expansivity of the vessel=0.0000085K)

(a) 0.000176k (b) O.000157k (c)

0.000518k (d) 0.000156k

• If hot water is poured into a thick glass

cup, the cup cracks because (a) glass

cannot withstand high temperature (b)

glass is an amorphous substance (c) the

inner and the outer wall of the glass

expands differently (d) coefficient of

expansion of glass is high

• In which of the following is the expansion

of a solid an advantage? (a) buckling of

railway lines (b) seizing of bearings in

motor vehicles (c) sagging of telephone

wires (d) using bimetallic trips in

thermometers

• An iron rod of length 50m and ata

temperature of 60c is heated to 70°C.

Calculate its new length. (linear

expansivity of iron = 1.2x109) (a) 50.006m

(b) 50.060m (c) 51.600m (d) 51.200m

• If L, S and V are the linear, area and

volume expansivities of a given metal

respsectively, which of the following

equations is correct? (a) L-S=0 (b) V-2S=0

(c) S-2L=0 (d) 2S-L=0

• The linear expansivity of a metal P is

twice that of another metal Q. When

these materials are heated to the same

temperature change, their increase in

length is the same. Calculate the ratio of

the original length of P and Q (a) 1:4 (b)

1:2 (c) 2:1 (d) 4:1

When water is heated between 0c and

4°c, its density (a) increases for a while

and then decreases (b) decreases for a

while and then increases (c) increases (d)

decreases

• The silvered walls of a vacuum flask

minimize loss of heat due to (a)

conduction and convection (b) conduction

only (c) evaporation (d) radiation

• The heat from a fire in a closed room

reaches someone far away in the room

mainly by (a) reflection (b) diffusion (c)

conduction (d) radiation

• When heat is applied to one end of a

metal rod, molecules at the other end

begin to vibrate with greater amplitude

than before because heat has been

transferred by (a) radiation (b) convection

(c) conduction (d) evaporation

• Which of the following cannot be

explained by molecular theory of matter?

(a) expansion (b) conduction (c)

convection (d) evaporation

• Lines of force 1. begin and end on equal

and opposite electric charges ll. Are in

state of tension which cause them to be

shorten l|l. Attract one another. Which of

the following statement(s) is/are correct?

(a) l only (b) Il only (c) Ill only (d) l and Il

only

• The following are ways of charging an

object except (a) by friction (b) by contact

(c) by induction (d) by magnetization

• If a rod of similar charge is brought closer

to the cap of an electroscope, (a) the

leaves increases in divergence (b) the

leaves reduces in divergence (c) the

leaves collapses (d) the leaves are

unaffected

• The work done by a cell in moving one

coulomb of charge round a circuit is

called (a) voltage (b) potential difference

(c) electromotive force (d) current

1. (a) An invar rod of brass and iron of

length xcm is heated through a

temperature of 70°c. It was found that

the brass rod becomes longer than the

iron rod by 0.019cm, calculate the value

of x [linear expansivity of brass and iron

are 1.9x10>K and 1.2 x10>K] 5marks

(b) Enumerate three effects of

expansion

(c) Define

temperature

2marks

3marks

• (a) A metal block with an original volume

of 25cm at a temperature at 35°C

increases to 35.856cm² when it is heated

to a temperature of 146'C. Calculate the

() cubic expansivity (i) linear expansivity

of the material of the mnaterial of the

block 4marks

(b) Drawa well labelled diagram of the vacuum

flask

4marks

(c) State the law of electrostatics

• (a) Define the upper fixed point and lower

fixed point as used in thermometers

4marks
(b) The electrical resistance of the element in a

platinum resistance thermometer at 100°C,

0°C and room temperature are 75.0000,

63.0000 and 64.9920 respectively. Use the

data to determine the room

temperature.

2marks

3marks

(c) Draw the line of force of two isolated

positive charges

transfer

3marks

• (a) List and explain three methods of h

6marks

(b) A metal of length 15.01m is heated until its

temperature rises by 60°C. If its new length is

15.05m, calculate its linear expansivity

4marks

• (a) List and explain two ways of charging

an object

4marks

Highlight 4 properties of field lines (line of

force)

4marks

Explain the ball and ring experiment

2marks