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School Physics Quiz : Sensible Heat & Specific Heat Capacity


Answer the following questions based on specific heat capacity.

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1.


Consider the graph of temperature (in oC) vs. time (in minutes) given above. From the cooling curves, it is observed that the decrease in temperature of liquid A in the first 6 minutes is about _______oC.

  55

  40

  35

  50

  Half-n-half Clue
 

2.

During the day, the sea gets heated more quickly than the land because the specific heat capacity of the land is less than that of the sea.

  True

  False

 

3.

Sea breezes occur at night.

  True

  False

 

4.

The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of a unit _______ of a material by 1oC is called its specific heat capacity.

  mass

  weight

  volume

  Half-n-half Clue
 

5.

The heat gained or lost by a body resulting in a change in temperature is called _______.

  latent heat

  hidden heat

  sensible heat

  Half-n-half Clue
 

6.

Given that the specific heat capacity of water is 4.2 J/(g oC), the heat capacity of 60 g of water in J/oC is

  240

  126

  504

  252

  Half-n-half Clue
 

7.

If 480 J of heat are required to increase the temperature of a body by 30oC, then its heat capacity in J/oC is

  14400

  510

  3

  16

  Half-n-half Clue
 


 
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