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MINISTRY OF SECONDARY EDUCATION

MINISTRY OF SECONDARY EDUCATION


Regional Delegation of Littoral Regional Delegation of Littoral
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FIRST EVALUATION
SUBJECT CLASS DURATION DATE COEF SCHOOL YEAR
PHYSICS FORM 4 1H 30MIN / 10 / 2023 3 2023/2024
COMPETENCE TO BE ATTAINED

Distinguish between heat capacity and specific heat capacity, appreciate the use of materials with low and
high specific heat capacities

APPRECIATION OF COMPETENCE
NOT ATTAINED(NA) STILL TO ATTAIN(SA) ATTAINED(A) EXECELLENT

EVALUATION MARK: SECTION A:___________________SECTION B:________________TOTAL:__________ / 20

STUDENT’S NAME: __________________________________________________________________SERIES__________ NO___

SECTION A
Instructions: Write down the letter corresponding to the best answer.
1. At normal atmospheric pressure, water boils at: A) 100 K B) 273 K C) -273 K D) 373 K
2. The constriction in a clinical thermometer: A) increases the accuracy of the thermometer B) permits a
reading to be taken any time after measurement C) is more of material decoration D) enables the
thermometer to be very sensitive
3. A 1000 W electric heater was used to heat a solid of mass 50kg for 10 minutes. Its temperature rose from
150C to 250C. the specific heat capacity of the solid in J kg-1 K-1 is: A) 1200 B) 200 C) 1000 D) 833.3
4. The energy of a substance and temperature whose particles are completely at rest are: A) 0J and 0K
B) 0 J and -2730 C C) minimum energy and -273 0 C D) minimum energy and 2730 C
5. Two bodies in thermal contact are said to be in thermal equilibrium when A) they are both hot B) there is
heat flow between them C) they were hot and melted to form one body D) they are at the same temperature
6. A temperature of 230C converted to kelvin gives A) 0 K B) 23 K C) -273 K D) 296 K
7. The most suitable thermometer used in the school laboratory is A) mercury-in-glass thermometer
B)clinical thermometer C) thermopile D) constant volume thermometer

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8. Mercury is used in thermometers. Which of the following best explains why? A)It does not wet glass B) it is
opaque C) it expands uniformly with temperature D) it is a good conductor of heat.
9. Water is used as a coolant in car radiators because: A) it absorbs much heat to warm up B) It will
have a high heat capacity for any mass C) it absorbs little heat to warm up D) it takes long time to warm up.
10. How many joules of heat energy are supplied by an electric heater rated 8 kW in 10 s? A) 0.8 J B) 80 J
C) 8000 J D) 80000 J

SECTION B

Instruction:Answer all questions


1. Define each of the following terms and state its SI units
a) Heat
b) Temperature
c) Specific heat capacity (3 marks)
2. The mercury column of a newly made mercury in glass thermometer is 5 cm long when the bulb is dipped
in pure melting ice. When the bulb is transferred into steam from pure boiling water at standard
atmospheric pressure, the mercury column is 17 cm long. When the bulb is dipped into another liquid of
unknown temperature θ, the mercury column is 10 cm long.
i) What is the thermometric property of this thermometer (1 mark)
ii) Calculate the temperature θ. (2 marks)
3. a) Determine an experiment to measure the specific heat capacity of a copper (6 marks)
b) In one such experiment, 1200 J of heat energy is used to heat 1600g of copper from a temperature of 20
0
C to 75 0C. Calculate the specific heat capacity of the copper (3 marks)

Good Luck

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