Dr Vince Grade 11 Physics Detailed Revisions [Ch5-02] 1

G11-C05-Q02-A: Fill in the blanks.

1. The thermal capacity per unit mass of a substance is the ____________ of the substance.
2. The SI unit of the specific heat capacity is ___________.
3. The units of the specific heat capacity other than the SI unit are __________
4. The specific heat capacity of 10 kg metal X is 50x J kg-1 K-1. The specific heat capacity of 20 kg metal
X is ________.
5. The thermal capacity of 10 kg metal X is 50x J K-1. The thermal capacity of 20 kg metal X is _______.

G11-C05-Q02-B: Say True (or) False.

1. The thermal capacity depends on the mass of the material.
2. The thermal capacity depends on the type of the material.
3. The quantity of heat required to increase the temperature of a mass m of a certain material is
proportional to the temperature change.
4. The quantity of heat required to increase the temperature of a mass m of a certain material is
proportional to the mass of the material.
5. The quantity of heat required to increase the temperature of a mass m of a certain material is
proportional to the type of the material.
6. The specific heat has different values for different materials.
7. When Q and T are positive, heat enters the object and its temperature increases.
8. When Q and T are negative, heat leaves the object and its temperature decreases.
9. Q does not represent a change in the amount of heat contained in an object.
10. Heat is always energy in transit as a result of a temperature difference.
11. There is no such thing as “the amount of heat in an object.”
12. The specific heat of a material always depends somewhat on the initial temperature and the
temperature interval.
13. The molar mass of any substance, denoted by M, is the mass per mole.
14. 1 mole of water has a mass of 18.0 g.
15. Measurements of specific heats capacities for solid materials are usually made at constant atmospheric
pressure.
16. The molar mass of any substance is the mass per mole.
17. Heat is energy in transit to or from an object, not the energy residing in the object.
18. Measurements of specific heat capacities for solid materials are usually made at constant atmospheric
pressure; the specific heat capacity at constant pressure is denoted by cp.
19. For a gas it is usually easier to keep the substance in a container with constant volume; the specific
heat capacity at constant volume is denoted by cV.
20. For a given substance, cV and cp are different.
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21. If the system can expand while heat is added, there is additional energy exchange through the
performance of work by the system on its surroundings.
22. If the volume is constant, the system does no work.
23. The molar heat capacities for most elemental solids are about the same: about 25 J mol-1 K-1.
24. The number of atoms in 1 mole is the same for all elemental substances.
25. On a per atom basis, about the same amount of heat is required to raise the temperature of each of
these elements by a given amount, even though the masses of the atoms are very different.
26. The heat required for a given temperature increase depends only on how many atoms the sample
contains, not on the mass of an individual atom.
27. When a gas expands, it pushes outward on its boundary surfaces as they move outward.
28. An expanding gas always does positive work.
29. When the force has a component in the same direction as the displacement, the work is positive
30. When the force has a component opposite to the displacement, the work is negative.
31. When the force is perpendicular to the displacement, the work done by the force is zero.
32. Work is positive when a system expands.
33. When a system is compressed, its volume decreases and it does negative work on its surroundings.
34. The heat gained or lost by an object as its temperature changes depends on the mass, the change in
temperature, and the specific heat of the substance.

G11-C05-Q02-C: Short Questions.

1. Define specific heat capacity. Does it depend on mass of the substance? Does it depend on temperature of
the substance? Are the specific heat capacities of two different materials the same?
2. How does the specific heat capacity of water moderate the climate in a region near a large lake?
3. The given graph is the specific heat of water as a function of
temperature. Does the specific heat capacity depend on
temperature?

G11-C05-Q02-D: Calculations.
1. How much heat does it take to raise the temperature of 220 g of water from 25 C to 100 C? Specific

heat capacity of water is 4184 J kg1 K1.

2. How much heat must be added to change the temperature of 0.15 kg helium from 30 C to 80 C
without changing the volume? What will happen if the volume changes?
(Specific heat capacity of helium is 5.18  103 J kg1 K1)