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G11-C05-Q04-A: Fill in the blanks.

1. Most substances can exist in _________ states.
2. The SI unit of specific latent heat is __________.
3. Below the melting point, water can only exist as _________.
4. The direct change from the solid phase to the gas phase is called _________.
5. The process of changing solid into liquid is called _______________.
6. The process of changing liquid into solid is called _______________.
7. The process of changing liquid into vapour is called _______________.
8. The process of changing vapour into liquid is called _______________.
9. If water in a container is heated, the temperature will increase until it reaches _________ °C.
10. At _______ °C at normal pressure, the water boils and begins to vaporize.
11. Under normal pressure, the boiling point of mercury is __________.
12. Under normal pressure, the boiling point of water is ________.
13. If a cup has some water and some ice, its temperature is __________.
14. The melting point for ice under normal pressure is ________.
15. The melting point for ice under normal pressure is ________ K.
16. _____________ is a phase transition from a liquid into a solid
17. ________ is a phase transition from a solid into a liquid.
18. ____________is a phase transition from a liquid into a gas.
19. _________ is a phase transition from a gas into a liquid.
20. ____________ is a phase transition from a solid into a gas.
21. ___________ is a phase transition from a gas into a solid.
22. Increasing the boiling point of water by increasing the pressure is used in ___________.
23. When a pressure cooker is in operation, the pressure inside it is ____ the normal atmospheric pressure.
24. At the pressure of ____ atm, water boils at a higher temperature of 120 C.

G11-C05-Q03-B: Say True (or) False.

1. The change from one phase to another takes place very slowly at a definite temperature.
2. The temperature at which a phase change occurs depends on pressure.
3. The latent heat depends on the mass of the substance.
4. The latent heat depends on the type of the substance.
5. The latent heat for unit mass of a substance is the specific latent heat of that substance.
6. In a phase change, heat may be absorbed or liberated.
7. While ice is melting, the temperature is increasing.
8. During a phase change, heat transferred does not increase kinetic energy of the molecules.
9. During a phase change, the separation between molecules changes.
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10. Temperature is a measure of increase in average kinetic energy of the molecules.
11. The temperature does not change during phase change.
12. Sublimation is used in the freeze-drying process.
13. Heat required to melt 1 g of water at its melting point is less than heat required to vaporize 1 g of water
at its boiling point.
14. Different liquids have different boiling points.
15. If steam at 100 C is cooled at normal atmospheric pressure, it condenses back to water.
16. In condensation, the substance releases heat.
17. In vaporization, the substance absorbs heat.
18. If a certain pieces of ice in a tray are heated, the temperature will increase.
19. The melting point and boiling point vary with pressure.
20. The melting point of ice varies with atmospheric pressure.
21. The melting point of ice decreases as the pressure increases.
22. For an ice skater, the pressure of ice skates lowers the melting point of ice.
23. The boiling point of water varies with the atmospheric pressure.
24. An increase in external pressure will raise the boiling point of water.
25. The hot air and steam contain a lot of heat.
G11-C05-Q04-C: Short Questions.
1. What are the three states of matter?
2. What do you understand by phase change?
3. What do you understand by latent heat?
4. What do you understand by specific latent heat?
5. Can heat be extracted from water at 0 C?
6. What do you understand by vaporization?
7. What do you understand by boiling point?
8. What do you understand by specific latent heat of vaporization?
9. What do you understand by condensation?
10. Why is getting burnt by steam at 100 C worse than that by hot water of the same mass at 100 C?
11. What do you understand by melting point?
12. What do you understand by specific latent heat of fusion?
13. What are the two significant points on the pressure-temperature graph for phase change of water?
14. What do you understand by triple point?
15. What do you understand by critical point?
16. How does the melting point of ice and boiling point of water change with pressure?
17. Compare the molecular distances of ice, water, and steam.
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G11-C05-Q04-D: Calculations.
1. How much heat is needed to change 5 kg of water at 100 C to steam?

(specific latent beat of vaporization Lv = 2.255  106 J kg-1)

2. A lead bullet at 327 °C melts after striking a steel plate. With what velocity does the bullet strike the
steel plate? (Latent heat of fusion of lead = 24.52  103 J kg-1, the melting point of lead = 327 °C)
(Hint: all of the kinetic energy of the bullet changes into heat energy)
3. How much heat is required to melt 5 kg of ice at 0 °C?
(specific latent heat of fusion of ice is, Lf = 3.335  105 J kg-1)
4. Ice cubes at -10 °C with a total mass of 0.045 kg are mixed with 0.3 kg tea at 30 °C. What is the final
equilibrium temperature? (The specific heat capacity of tea is the same as that of water, the specific
heat capacity of ice is 2089 J kg-1 K-1.)
5. How much heat is needed to melt 10 kg of ice at -10 C?

Specific latent heat of fusion of ice = 3.335  105 J kg-1,

Specific heat capacity of ice = 2089 J kg-1 K-1.
6. Does all the ice melt when 0.15 kg of ice at 0 C is put into 0.25 kg of water at 20 °C? What is the final
temperature?
7. 0.2 kg of water at 0 C is poured into a container having liquid nitrogen at -196 C by mistake. How

much nitrogen vaporizes? The boiling point of nitrogen is -196 C and its latent heat of vaporization is
200 800 J kg-1.
8. A 10 kg mass of copper block is dropped from a height of 50 m. Assume all of the potential energy
change to heat, how much has the temperature increased when the copper block strikes the ground?
(Specific heat capacity of copper = 385 J kg-1 K-1, g = 9.8 m s-2)