Physics Homework III SPM 2011

PHYSICS SPM 2011

HOMEWORK
HEAT
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Structure Question.

1.Diagram 1.1 shows the phase changes of matter in a process of heating 1 kg ice.

Q1 Q2
o o
Ice 0 C Water 0 C Water 100 oC
Ais Heat Air Heat Air

DIAGRAM 1.1

The state of matter changed from solid to liquid and heat is supplied until 100 oC.

(a) Name the type of heat involved at Q1 in process of changing of ice to water.

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(b) Why the temperature does not rise in the process of changing of ice to water at 0 oC?

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(c) Specific heat capacity of water is 4200 J kg-1 oC-1.
(i) What is meant by specific heat capacity?

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(ii) Calculate the heat absorbed, Q2 to raise the temperature of water.

2. Diagram 2.1 shows the temperature changed of liquid A and B. The mass of each liquid is 2 kg.

DIAGRAM 2.1

(a) What is meant by temperature?

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(b) The liquid were heated using immersion heater rated 500 W.

Calculate the specific heat capacity of liquid A and liquid B.

(c) Liquid is used as a cooling agent in a radiator of a car as shown in Diagram 2.2

DIAGRAM 2.2

(i) Explain how the radiator and the liquid cool the engine.

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(ii) The average heat released from the car engine is 4.5 x 10 5 J.

Calculate maximum temperature of the engine when using liquid A and

liquid B as cooling agent.

Liquid A

Liquid B

(d) Base on your answer in (c)(i) and (c)(ii) , choose which liquid is suitable as a cooling agent in the radiator.
Give your reason.

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3. Figure 3.1 shows a food container used for keeping the food warm. The container is able to maintain the temperature
of food for long time. The container can be moved from one place to another.

FIGURE 3.1

(a) Name one suitable material to be used for the container

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(ii) The container has a mass of 0.8 kg and the volume is 0.25 m 3 .Calculate the density of the container

(b) A warm food at 80oC is put inside the container for 5 minutes. The temperature goes down to 70 oC. If the
specific heat capacity of the food is 3600 J kg-1 oC-1 and it mass 3 kg.

(i) Calculate the amount of heat lost to its surrounding.

(ii) Calculate the rate of heat lost by the food.

(c) Student conduct an experiment to compare the rate of heat lost of container P, Q and R. The student also
calculated the density of each container. Table 3.2 shows the result of the experiment.

Co Density/ kg m-3 Rate of heat

nta lost/Js-1
ine
r
1.25 450
P
2.50 660
Q
0.96 260
R

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TABLE 3.2

Using Table 3.2, suggest which container is the most suitable to keep the food warm. Give
reasons for your answer.

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4. Diagram 4.1 shows block P immersed in boiling water for long time. Then the block immersed in the water in the
beaker X as shown in diagram 4.2.

Graph 4.3 shows the changing of the temperature of water in beaker X.

Diagram 4.1 Diagram 4.2

Temperature
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10

0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 time/ s
GRAPH 4.3

(a) What is meant by temperature?

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(b) Using graph 10.3,
(i) explain the changing water temperature in beaker X.
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(ii) State the Relationship between the change of the temperature and heat
transfer for the last 4 minutes to deduce the relevant physics concept and
the of name of the concept..

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(b) Diagram 4.4 shows a doctor taking the temperature of a hospital patient

Diagram 4.4

(i) Explain why the doctor left a thermometer under the patient’s tongue for few minutes before
reading the thermometer.

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5. The arrangement shown in Figure 5.1 is used to

determine the specific latent heat of fusion of
ice. Ice in beaker A is heated using the heater and the
temperature readings with time of melting are recorded.

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Diagram 5.1

(a)(i) What is the use of beaker B?

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(ii) What is the function of the rheostat in this experiment?

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(b) Figure 5.2 shows a graph of temperature against time when solid ice at -10 0C is allowed to be heated
to water 20 0C.
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Temperature/0 C

D
20

10
0 B C

-10
A

FIGURE 5.2

(i) Which part of the graph is a mixture of ice and water?

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(ii) What is meant by melting point?

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(iii) Why is there no change in temperature at the melting point as shown in section BC of the graph
although heat is being absorbed as ice melt?

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6. (a) (i) What is meant by specific latent heat of vapourization?

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(ii) A solid substance of mass 0.05 kg is heated using an immersion heater of 240V, 0.1 kW. Diagram 6.1
shows the heating curve of the solid.

Diagram 6.1

Calculate :

(i) The specific latent heat of fusion of the substance

(ii) The specific heat capacity of the substance in liquid state