Practice Quiz 12 (Chapter 15)

1) Heat energy travels from an object with a high

A) internal energy to an object with a lower internal energy.
B) temperature to an object with a lower temperature.
C) Both of these, for they say essentially say the same thing.
D) None of the above choices are true.
Answer: B

2) A substance that heats up relatively quickly has a

A) high specific heat.
B) low specific heat.
C) high conductivity.
D) low conductivity.
Answer: B

3) Heat energy is measured in units of

A) joules.
B) calories.
C) Choices A and B are both true.
D) Choices A and B are both false.
Answer: C

4) Ice has a lower density than water because ice

A) sinks.
B) molecules are more compact in the solid state.
C) molecules vibrate at lower rates than water molecules.
D) is made of open-structured, hexagonal crystals.
E) density decreases with decreasing temperature.
Answer: D

5) Microscopic slush in water tends to make the water density

A) greater.
B) less.
C) no change
Answer: B

6) Ice tends to form first at the

A) surface of bodies of water.
B) bottom of bodies of water.
C) surface or bottom depending on the water depth.
Answer: A

7) As a piece of metal with a hole in it cools, the diameter of the hole

A) increases.
B) decreases.
C) remains the same.
Answer: B

8) When a bimetallic bar made of copper and iron strips is heated, the bar bends toward the iron
strip. The reason for this is
A) iron gets hotter before copper.
B) copper gets hotter before iron.
C) copper expands more than iron.
D) iron expands more than copper.
E) none of these
Answer: C

9) Which of the following expands most when the temperature is increased? Equal volumes of
A) iron.
B) wood.
C) ice water.
D) helium.
E) All expand the same.
Answer: D

10) Consider a closed, sealed can of air placed on a hot stove. The contained air undergoes an
increase in
A) mass.
B) pressure.
C) temperature.
D) all of these
E) two of these
Answer: E

11) Which of the following contracts most when the temperature is decreased? Equal volumes of
A) iron.
B) wood.
C) water.
D) helium.
E) All contract the same.
Answer: D

12) Consider a sample of water at 0 degrees C. If the temperature is slightly increased, the
volume of the water
A) increases.
B) decreases.
C) remains the same.
Answer: B

13) During a very cold winter, water pipes sometimes burst. The reason for this is
A) the ground contracts when colder, pulling pipes apart.
B) water expands when freezing.
C) water contracts when freezing.
D) the thawing process releases pressure on the pipes.
E) none of these
Answer: B

14) Can a sample of water possibly have the same volume after being warmed by several Celsius
degrees?
A) sometimes
B) always
C) never
Answer: A

15) Room temperature on the Kelvin scale is about

A) 100 K.
B) 200 K.
C) 300 K.
D) 400 K.
E) more than 400 K.
Answer: C

16) The white-hot sparks that strike your skin from a 4th-of-July-type sparkler don't harm you
because
A) they have a low temperature.
B) the energy per molecule is very low.
C) the energy per molecule is high, but little energy is transferred because of the few molecules
in the spark.
Answer: C

17) The fact that desert sand is very hot in the day and very cold at night is evidence that sand
has
A) a low specific heat.
B) a high specific heat.
C) no specific heat.
Answer: A

18) Pour a liter of water at 40 degrees C into a liter of water at 20 degrees C and the final
temperature of the two becomes
A) less than 30 degrees C.
B) at or about 30 degrees C.
C) more than 30 degrees C.
Answer: B

19) On a very hot day the pendulum on a clock swings to and fro
A) more frequently.
B) less frequently.
C) at the same rate.
Answer: B

20) If the specific heat of water were lower than it is, ponds in the cold of winter would be
A) more likely to freeze.
B) less likely to freeze.
C) neither more nor less likely to freeze.
Answer: A

21) Consider a metal ring with a gap cut in it. When the ring is heated, the gap
A) becomes narrower.
B) becomes wider.
C) retains its size.
Answer: B