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Chapter 9 Worksheet: Heat and Thermal Properties

Questions 1-2 refer to the heating and cooling curve shown below.

1. Which statement is true regarding process 3 in the diagram above?

(A) The rate of temperature change is dependent on the specific heat capacity of the
substance that is being heated.
(B) The rate of temperature change is dependent on the latent heat of fusion of the substance
that is being heated.
(C) The rate of temperature change is dependent on the latent heat of vaporization of the
substance that is being heated.
(D) The substance is in the solid phase and is expanding.
(E) The substance is in the gas phase and is expanding.
2. The specific heat of a liquid is 2,000 joules/kilogram • kelvin. How much heat is required to
raise the temperature of 3.0 kilograms of this liquid from 10°C to 30°C?
(A) 300 J (B) 13,333 J (C) 30,000 J (D) 60,000 J (E) 120,000 J
3. A gas is trapped in a cylinder with a movable piston. How is the temperature, T , of the gas
affected if the pressure of the gas doubles while the piston is moved inward, reducing the
volume by half?
1 1
(A) 𝑇 (B) 𝑇 (C) T (D) 2T (E) T
4 2

4. A metal washer is a flat, circular piece of metal with a hole through its center, as pictured above.
What will be the effect of heating this washer?
(A) No change occurs as the effects on the diameters cancel.
(B) Diameter 1 will decrease, and diameter 2 will decrease.
(C) Diameter 1 will decrease, and diameter 2 will increase.
(D) Diameter 1 will increase, and diameter 2 will decrease.
(E) Diameter 1 will increase, and diameter 2 will increase.
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Questions 5-6
Mercury is used in thermometers to measure temperatures. The specific heat of mercury is 140
joules/kilogram • kelvin, and the coefficient of linear expansion for mercury is 60 × 10−6 K−1.
5. How much heat must be added to increase the temperature of 0.002 kilograms of mercury by
10°C?
(A) 0.028 J (B) 2.8 J (C) 4.2 J (D) 42 J (E) 420 J
6. Determine the change in length of a 0.20-meter column of mercury when the temperature
increases by 10°C.
(A) 1.2 × 10−7 m (B) 3.0 × 10−5 m (C) 1.2 × 10−4 m (D) 3.0 × 10−4 m (E) 3.4 × 10−3 m

7. A gas is trapped in a cylinder with a movable piston. During several thermodynamic processes,
the pressure, P , and volume, V , of the gas are changed in order to increase the temperature of
the gas from T to 6T . Which of the following is NOT capable of creating this change in
temperature?
(A) Increase the pressure by a factor of 6 while holding the volume constant.
(B) Triple the pressure, and double the volume.
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(C) Increase the pressure by a factor of 12 while reducing the volume to
2
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(D) Increase the pressure by a factor of 15 while reducing the volume to
3
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(E) Reduce the pressure to while increasing the volume by a factor of 24.
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Questions 8-9
The specific heat capacity of liquid water is approximately 4,000 joules per kilogram • kelvin. The
heat of fusion of water is approximately 3 × 105 joules per kilogram, and the heat of
vaporization of water is approximately 23 × 105 joules per kilogram. Consult the heating-
cooling curve below to answer the following questions.

8. How much heat energy is needed to melt 0.20 kilograms of ice initially at 0°C and then
raise its temperature to 50°C?
(A) 2,000 J (B) 4,000 J (C) 40,000 J (D) 60,000 J (E) 100,000 J
9. How much heat energy is needed to convert 10 grams of liquid water into its gaseous state?
(A) 40 J (B) 3,000 J (C) 23,000 J (D) 40,000 J (E) 2,300,000 J
10. Two metal blocks are identical in every respect except for their thickness. Block 2 is twice as
thick as block 1. During time t , heat Q is transferred through block 1. During the same amount
of time, how much heat is transferred through block 2?
1 1
(A) 𝑄 (B) 𝑄 (C) Q (D) 2Q (E) 4Q
4 2

11. An experiment is performed to measure the specific heat of copper. A lump of copper is heated
in an oven, then dropped into a beaker of water. To calculate the specific heat of copper, the
experimenter must know or museare the value of all of the quentites below EXCEPT the:
A) mass of the water. B) origional tempreature of the copper and the water.
C) final (equilibrium) tempreature of the copper and the water.
D) time taken to achieve equilibrium after the copper is dropped into the water.
E) specific heat of water.

12. if the addition of 20 calories of heat to 100 grams of a substance raises its temperature 2ºC, the
specific heat of the substance is:
A) 0.02 cal/g.ºC B) 0.1 cal/g.ºC C) 0.2 cal/g.ºC D) 10 cal/g.ºC E) 20 cal/g.ºC

13. Two blocks of iron, one of mass m at 10.0 ºC and the other of mass 2m at 25.0 ºC, are placed
in contact with each other. If no heat is exchanged with the surroundings, which of the
following is the final temperature of the two blocks?
A) 10.0 ºC B) 15.0 ºC C) 17.5 ºC D) 20.0 ºC E) 25.0 ºC

14. when the volume of a given mass of gas is decreased at constant temperature, the molecules
of the gas undergo a decrease in:
A) Volume B) mass C) density D) average speed
E) the average distance between them.

15. if the temperature of an ideal gas increase, one can be certain that which of the following also
increases?
A) the average kinetic energy of the gas molecules. B) the rest mass of each gas molecules.
C) the volume occupied by the gas. D) the pressure exerted by the gas.
E) the number of moles of the gas.

16. Some metal rods are to be used to transfer heat from a furnace to a container of water. To
increase the rate of transfer of heat, quantities that could be increased include which of the
following?
I. Temperature of the furance.
II. cross-sectional area of each rod.
III. Number of rods.
A) I only. B) III only. C) I and II only. D) II and III only E) I, II, and III.
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17. if 200 grams of water at 48 ºC is mixed with 100 grams of water at 30 ºC, the resulting
temerature of water is:
A) 18 ºC B) 36 ºC. C) 39 ºC. D) 42 ºC E) 78 ºC

18. The diagram above relates the temperature of a sample of water to the amount of heat added
or removed. Based on the diagram, which of these statements is true?
(A) As pressure rises, a greater amount of latent heat is required for a phase change than at lower
pressures.
(B) The latent heat of fusion for water is greater than its latent heat of vaporization.
(C) The mass of a sample of water decreases as heat is removed from it during periods of
constant temperature.
(D) The amount of latent heat required to change from a solid to a liquid is greater than to
change from a liquid to a gas.
(E) A greater amount of latent heat is released when steam changes to liquid water than when the
same mass of liquid water changes to ice.

19. A steel girder is 10 meters long at 20°C. By what length will the girder expand if the
temperature rises to 50°C? (The coefficient of linear expansion for steel is 12 × 10–6/°C.)
A) 1.2 × 10–6m B) 1.2 × 10–4m C) 3.6 × 10–3m D) 3.6 × 103m E) 3.6 × 104m