This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 11 > Science > Physics Part Ii > Class 11 Physics (Part Ii) Chapter 13 Thermal Properties Of Matter – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Physics (Part Ii) Chapter 13 Thermal Properties Of Matter Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "Degree of hotness or coldness measured on a definite scale." is the definition of ..... A) Specific heat capacity. B) Specific latent heat of fusion. C) Specific latent heat of vaporization. D) Temperature. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Temperature. 2. What happens to the temperature of a substance during phase change? A) It remains constant. B) It fluctuates. C) It decreases. D) It increases. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It remains constant. 3. In what state of matter is kinetic energy the highest most likely? A) Solid. B) Liquid. C) Gas. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gas. 4. From the simulation, what do you observe about movement of the molecules as the temperature increases to 100 $^\circ$C? A) The molecules move slower. B) The molecules move faster. C) The molecules move at the same speed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The molecules move faster. 5. Which is correct about both boiling and evaporation? A) The liquid absorbs heat to change to gaseous state. B) The liquid temperature remains constant. C) The liquid molecules move faster. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The liquid absorbs heat to change to gaseous state. 6. Which of the following represents latent heat? A) ( Q = mL ). B) ( Q = mc$\Delta$T ). C) ( F = ma ). D) ( PV = nRT ). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ( Q = mL ). 7. Absolute zero is the temperature at which A) Water freezes. B) All substance exists in solid state. C) Molecular motion stops. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Molecular motion stops. 8. Why is alcohol used in some thermometers instead of mercury? A) Alcohol expands less than mercury when heated. B) Alcohol has a higher freezing point than mercury. C) Alcohol remains liquid at very low temperatures where mercury would freeze. D) Alcohol is less sensitive to temperature changes than mercury. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alcohol remains liquid at very low temperatures where mercury would freeze. 9. When two or more substances are put together. A) Mass. B) Density. C) Volume. D) Mixture. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mixture. 10. Water falls from a height of 35 m. Assuming 3/4 $^{th}$ of the K.E. of falling water gets converted to heat the rise in temperature of water downstream is A) 1$^\circ$C. B) 1.5$^\circ$C. C) 0.04$^\circ$C. D) 0.06$^\circ$C. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 0.06$^\circ$C. 11. Which of the following is MOST likely to have a high thermal conductivity? A) Plastic. B) Fabric. C) Wood. D) Iron. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Iron. 12. When doing an experiment to find the specific heat capacity, which of these items of equipment is not needed? A) A liquid material. B) A thermometer. C) A forcemeter. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A forcemeter. 13. In an experiment, 1700 J of thermal energy (heat) is supplied to 8.0 g of ice at 0 $^\circ$C. Assume that water from the melted ice stays at 0 $^\circ$C. The specific latent heat of fusion of ice is 340J/g. How much ice remains? A) 5.0 g. B) 7.8 g. C) 3.0 g. D) 0. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3.0 g. 14. Mercury liquid is very sensitive and has a ..... range A) Bigger. B) Wide. C) Smaller. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wide. 15. In solids and liquids, where molecules are more constrained and have potential energy, temperature is more ..... A) Unchanged. B) Reduced. C) Simple. D) Complicated. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Complicated. 16. The scientist is successfully devised a modern liquid thermometer is called ..... A) Fahrenheit. B) Reaumur. C) Anders Celsius. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anders Celsius. 17. A person with dark skin as compared to a person with white skin will experience A) Less heat and less cold. B) More heat and more cold. C) More heat and less cold. D) Less heat and more cold. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) More heat and more cold. 18. The average kinetic energy of gas molecules is proportional to: A) Density. B) Volume. C) Temperature. D) Pressure. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Temperature. 19. During evaporation, water molecules on the surface of water ..... from the surroundings to move faster and then escape into the air. A) Absorb energy. B) Lose energy. C) Share energy. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Absorb energy. 20. A gas has a pressure of 2 atm and volume of 4 L. If the volume decreases to 2 L at constant temperature, what is the new pressure? A) 8 atm. B) 2 atm. C) 1 atm. D) 4 atm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 4 atm. 21. When a substance is condensing, it is ..... A) Losing heat and its temperature is decreasing. B) Losing heat and its temperature remains constant. C) Gaining heat and its temperature is increasing. D) Gaining heat and its temperature remains constant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Losing heat and its temperature remains constant. 22. When ice melts into water, the molecules: A) Slow down and move closer. B) Speed up and move farther apart. C) Stay the same. D) Lose mass. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Speed up and move farther apart. 23. What is the difference between heat and temperature? A) Heat is a measure of temperature; temperature is energy transfer. B) Heat is energy transfer; temperature is a measure of thermal energy. C) Heat is a type of temperature; temperature is a form of energy. D) Heat is the absence of temperature; temperature is energy flow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Heat is energy transfer; temperature is a measure of thermal energy. 24. A 500 ml cup of coffee takes 20 seconds from 25$^\circ$C to 50$^\circ$C to be heated using a heater.Given that the specific heat capacity of 1400 J/kg$^\circ$C and the density of coffee is 1.4 g/ml, what is the power of the heater? A) 490000 W. B) 24500 W. C) 1225 W. D) 122500 W. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1225 W. 25. VAPOUR PRESSURE < ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE A) EVAPORATION. B) CONDENSATION. C) PRECIPITATION. D) BOILING. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) EVAPORATION. 26. Why does evaporation cause cooling? A) Because the fastest particles escape, leaving behind slower, cooler ones. B) Because the particles gain more kinetic energy. C) Because the liquid absorbs heat from the air. D) Because the slower particles leave the liquid first. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because the fastest particles escape, leaving behind slower, cooler ones. 27. How does heating a steel tyre help it to fit tightly onto a train wheel? A) The tyre melts slightly and sticks to the wheel. B) The tyre expands when heated, allowing it to fit over the wheel, then contracts when cooled. C) The tyre becomes more flexible and adjusts its shape permanently. D) The tyre reacts chemically with the wheel when hot. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The tyre expands when heated, allowing it to fit over the wheel, then contracts when cooled. 28. What is internal energy of the molecules in the substance? A) Kinetic Energy. B) Potential Energy. C) Kinetic energy and Potential energy. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kinetic energy and Potential energy. 29. From the simulation, what do you observe about movement of the molecules as the temperature decreases below 0 $^\circ$C? A) The molecules move slower. B) The molecules move faster. C) The molecules move at the same speed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The molecules move slower. 30. There are ..... fixed point of Celcius scale. A) 1. B) 2. C) 3. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2. 31. A metal sheet with a circular hole is heated. The hole A) Gets larger. B) Gets deformed. C) Gets smaller. D) Nothing happens. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gets larger. 32. Pendulum clocks run ..... in winter A) Slower. B) Faster. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Slower. 33. A brass rod I m long when heated through 80$^\circ$Cincreases in length by 1.60 mm. The coefficient of linear expansion for the brass is A) 0.003 per $^\circ$C. B) 0.0004 per $^\circ$C. C) 0.0006 per $^\circ$C. D) 0.00002 per $^\circ$C. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 0.00002 per $^\circ$C. 34. When a substance is freezing, it is ..... A) Losing heat and its temperature is decreasing. B) Losing heat and its temperature remains constant. C) Gaining heat and its temperature is increasing. D) Gaining heat and its temperature remains constant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Losing heat and its temperature remains constant. 35. Which of the following describes conduction? A) Heat transfer through radiation. B) Heat transfer through fluids. C) Heat transfer through direct contact. D) Heat transfer without any medium. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Heat transfer through direct contact. 36. Why does a swimmer feel cold when coming out of the sea? A) Water is a good conductor of heat. B) The water freezes on his skin. C) The water evaporates from his skin. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The water evaporates from his skin. 37. Solid will change to liquid when it reach ..... A) Sublimation point. B) Evaporate point. C) Boiling poit. D) Melting point. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Melting point. 38. Gas to liquid ..... PE increase or decrease (remember the rubber band analogy) A) Increase. B) Decrease. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Decrease. 39. When energy is given to raise the temperature, particles ..... A) Speed up and gain kinetic energy. B) Slow down and lose kinetic energy. C) Speed up and lose kinetic energy. D) Slow down and gain kinetic energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Speed up and gain kinetic energy. 40. Which process demonstrates an increase in internal energy? A) Freezing. B) Boiling. C) Deposition. D) Condensation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Boiling. 41. The rate of evaporation is affected by several factors. Which statement describes one of the factors appropriately? A) Higher air humidity increases the rate of evaporation. B) A smaller exposed area increases the rate of evaporation. C) A lower surrounding temperature increases the rate of evaporation. D) A higher altitude (height above sea level) increases the rate of evaporation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A higher altitude (height above sea level) increases the rate of evaporation. 42. While a liquid is boiling, its temperature A) Decreases. B) Increases. C) Remains constant. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Remains constant. 43. What happens to the arrangement of particles as thermal energy is removed from a substance? A) The particles get farther apart. B) The particles get closer together. C) They do not move at all. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The particles get closer together. 44. Which state of matter has particles with the MOST kinetic energy? A) Solids. B) Liquids. C) Gases. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gases. 45. An aluminium block has a mass of 200 g.The specific heat capacity of aluminium is 900 J/(kg $^\circ$C).How much energy is needed to increase the temperature of the block from 20 $^\circ$C to 110 $^\circ$C? A) 16200 J. B) 2000 J. C) 16200000 J. D) 2.0 J. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 16200 J. 46. When temperature increase, internal KE increase, the particles A) Move faster (higher speeds). B) Move slower (lower speeds). C) Move faster (lower speeds). D) Move slower (higher speeds). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Move faster (higher speeds). 47. Real gas behave as an ideal gas at constant A) High temperature, high pressure. B) Low temperature, high pressure. C) Low temperature, low pressure. D) High temperature, low pressure. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) High temperature, low pressure. 48. The specific heat capacity of copper is 400 J/(kg $^\circ$C).A 2 kg mass of copper is heated for 40 s by a 100 W heater.What is the maximum possible rise in temperature? A) 50$^\circ$C. B) 20$^\circ$C. C) 5$^\circ$C. D) 10$^\circ$C. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 5$^\circ$C. 49. Atmospheric pressure is finded by a device called A) Thermometer. B) Picometer. C) Barometer. D) Nanometre. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Barometer. 50. What is temperature a measure of in a substance? A) Total energy of a substance's atoms. B) Rate of chemical reactions in a substance. C) Pressure exerted by particles in a substance. D) Average kinetic energy of particles in a substance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Average kinetic energy of particles in a substance. 51. Two liters of boiling water have twice as much kinetic energy as one liter because: A) The pressure is higher. B) The temperature is higher. C) The volume is larger. D) The average kinetic energy is different. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The volume is larger. 52. Which of the following states of matter has the LOWEST level of energy? A) Liquid. B) Solid. C) Plasma. D) Gas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Solid. 53. During condensation, thermal energy is A) Absorbed to break the bonds between particles. B) Absorbed to make the particles move faster. C) Released to make the particles move slower. D) Released to form the bonds between particles. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Released to form the bonds between particles. 54. Two rods having thermal conductivities in the ratio of 5:3 and having equal lengths and equal cross-sections are joined face to face. If the temperature of free end of first rod is at 100$^\circ$C and the free end of second rod is at20$^\circ$C, then temperature of the junction is A) 85$^\circ$C. B) 70$^\circ$C. C) 90$^\circ$C. D) 50$^\circ$C. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 70$^\circ$C. 55. Two identical metal rods are placed in different environments. One rod is left in the sun, while the other is kept in a cold, shaded area. Which of the following is true? A) The rod in the sun is cooler than the rod in the cold, shaded area. B) Both rods are at the same temperature. C) The rod in the sun has molecules moving at a higher average kinetic energy. D) The rod in the cold, shaded area is warmer than the rod in the sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The rod in the sun has molecules moving at a higher average kinetic energy. 56. What is the total kinetic energy for two moles of He gas and two moles of O2 gas at the same temperature? A) Total kinetic energy cannot be determined. B) Both have the same total kinetic energy. C) O2 gas has higher total kinetic energy. D) He gas has higher total kinetic energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) O2 gas has higher total kinetic energy. 57. Which of the following is true of the Celsius scale? A) 212 degrees is the boiling point of water. B) 0 degrees is the freezing point of water. C) 32 degrees is the freezing point of water. D) 0 degrees is absolute zero. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 0 degrees is the freezing point of water. 58. A heater with a power rating of 1000 W is used to heat up some liquid.Assuming it takes 40 s to heat up 500 g of this liquid from 25$^\circ$C to 65$^\circ$C, what is the specific heat capacity of the liquid? A) 2000 J/kg$^\circ$C. B) 50 J/kg$^\circ$C. C) 2 J/kg$^\circ$C. D) 4200 J/kg$^\circ$C. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2000 J/kg$^\circ$C. 59. How tightly packed matter is in an object. A) Mixture. B) Volume. C) Mass. D) Density. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Density. 60. During solidification, temperature A) Decreases. B) May increase or decrease. C) Remains the same. D) Increases. 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