Each of the substances given below is supplied with same amount of heat. Which one will attain the highest temperature? Substance Specific heat capacity (cal/g°C) Lead 0.031 Aluminium 0.21 Copper 0.095 Iron 0.115 (a) Aluminium (b) Copper (c) Iron (d) Lead

Calculate the amount of heat absorbed by 200 g of paraffin wax to melt completely at its melting point. [Specific latent heat of fusion of paraffin wax = 146 J g⁻¹]

Complete the following by choosing the correct answers from the bracket: (a) In uniform circular motion the centrifugal force acts ............... [towards the centre/away from the centre/along the tangential direction]. (b) Refractive index of a medium is independent of ............... [temperature/angle of incidence/wavelength of light]. (c) Heat absorbed during change of phase depends on ............... [mass/change in temperature/specific heat capacity] of the substance. (d) Emf of a cell is ............... [greater than/less than/equal to] the terminal voltage when the cell is in open circuit. (e) In a step-up transformer the turns ratio is ............... [more than 1/less than 1/equal to 1]. (f) The nuclear radiation with lowest ionising power is ............... [α/β/γ].

(a) A certain amount of heat will warm 1 g of material X by 10°C and 1 g of material Y by 40°C. Which material has higher specific heat capacity? (b) Which material, X or Y, would you select to make a calorimeter? (c) The specific heat capacity of a substance remains the same when it changes its state from solid to liquid. State True or False.

30 g of ice at 0°C is used to bring down the temperature of a certain mass of water at 70°C to 20°C. Find the mass of water. Specific heat capacity of water = 4.2 J g⁻¹ °C⁻¹ and specific latent heat of ice = 336 J g⁻¹.

Specific heat capacity of a substance X is 1900 J kg−1 °C−1 means: (a) Substance X absorbs 1900 J for 1°C rise in temperature (b) 1 kg of substance X absorbs 1900 J heat for 1°C rise in temperature (c) 1 kg of substance X absorbs 1900 J heat to increase the temperature (d) 1 kg of substance X absorbs 1900 J heat to cool down by 1°C

Specific latent heat of a substance: (a) is directly proportional to the mass (b) is directly proportional to the change in the temperature (c) depends on the material (d) is inversely proportional to the mass

The graph given below shows heat energy supplied against change in temperature when no energy is lost to the surrounding. The slope of this graph will give: (a) specific heat capacity (b) specific latent heat of fusion (c) specific latent heat of vaporisation (d) heat capacity

During the melting of ice at 0°C: (a) energy is released and temperature remains constant (b) energy is absorbed and temperature remains constant (c) energy is absorbed and temperature rises (d) energy is released and temperature falls

When the length of a stretched metallic wire is doubled, its specific heat: (a) becomes double (b) becomes four times (c) becomes one-fourth (d) remains the same

(a) State the principle of calorimetry. (b) Name the material used for making a calorimeter. (c) Write one characteristic property of the material chosen for making a calorimeter.

Calculate the total amount of heat energy required to melt 200 g of ice at 0°C to water at 100°C. (Specific latent heat of ice = 336 J g−1, specific heat capacity of water = 4.2 J g−1 °C−1)