THERMOCHEMISTRY

MASTERY TEST
Multiple Choice:
1) What mass of water has a heat capacity of 379 J/ ºC?
a. 91.48 g
b. 81.38 g
c. 90.58 g
d. 80.68 g
2) How many kilojoules of heat will raise the temperature of 21.3 kg of water from 21.00 ºC
to 25.71 ºC?
a. 410.75 kJ
b. 329.55 kJ
c. 310.65 kJ
d. 419.75 kJ
3) What is the specific heat of iron if 186 J of heat is required to raise the temperature of
165 g of iron from 23.20 ºC to 25.70 ºC?
a. 0.451 J/g · ºC
b. 0.541 J/g · ºC
c. 0.145 J/g · ºC
d. 0.345 J/g · ºC
4) Gold has a specific heat of 0.129 J/g · ºC. When a 5.00 g piece of gold absorbs 1.33 J of
heat, what is the change in temperature?
a. 3.26 ºC
b. 1.36 ºC
c. 4.16 ºC
d. 2.06 ºC
5) Mercury was once used in thermometers and barometers. When 46.9 J of heat are
absorbed by 100.0 g of mercury at 25.00 ºC, the temperature increases to 28.35 ºC.
What is the specific heat of mercury?
a. 0.204 J/g · ºC
b. 0.140 J/g · ºC
c. 2.041 J/g · ºC
d. 2.104 J/g · ºC
6) Chromium has a specific heat of 0.450 J/ g · ºC. How much heat is absorbed by 35.0 g
of chromium if the temperature increases from 45 ºF to 88 ºF?
a. 370 J
b. 460 J
c. 190 J
d. 280 J
7) Ethyl alcohol, C2H5OH, is the intoxication agent in liquor. Burning 1.00 g of ethyl alcohol
in an excess of oxygen at 23.28 ºC and constant volume releases 29.52 kJ of heat.
When 7.40 g of ethyl alcohol is burned in oxygen under the same conditions in a bomb
calorimeter, the temperature of the bomb ad water rises from 23.28 ºC to 48.04 ºC. The
bomb holds 0.750 kg of water.
a. What is q for the combustion of the ethyl alcohol in the bomb calorimeter?
a) – 318 kJ
b) – 418 kJ
c) – 218 kJ
d) – 518 kJ
b. What is qH2O?
a) 82.6 kJ
b) 59.4 kJ
c) 68.3 kJ
d) 77.6 kJ
c. What is qcal?
a) 110 kJ
b) 120 kJ
c) 130 kJ
d) 140 kJ
d. What is the heat capacity of the calorimeter?
a) 4.69 kJ/ ºC
b) 6.24 kJ/ ºC
c) 5.67 kJ/ ºC
d) 3.29 kJ/ ºC
8) Write the thermochemical equation for the reaction between one mole of nitrogen oxide
(NO) and oxygen (O2) to give the brown gas NO2. When one mole of NO reacts with
oxygen 57.0 kJ of heat are evolved.
a. 2 NO + O2 2 NO2 = – 57.0 kJ
b. NO + ½ O2 NO2 = + 57.0 kJ
c. NO + ½ O2 NO2 = – 57.0 kJ
d. 2 NO + O2 2 NO2 = + 57.0 kJ
9) Use the bond energies to calculate the value of for the reaction:
H
|
H–C–H + 2O–O O=C=O + 2H–O–H
|
H

a. – 1330 kJ
b. + 1330 kJ
c. – 1130 kJ
d. + 1130 kJ
10) Use the bond energies to calculate the value of of for the reaction:
H
|
3H–H + N N 2H–N–H.

a. – 88 kJ
b. + 88 kJ
c. – 98 kJ
d. + 98 kJ