1.

A child slides down a slide

The weight of the child is 250 N. The height of the slide is 7.0 m. The work done against friction as the
child travels down the slide is 1300 J.
What is the change in gravitational potential energy and what is the final kinetic energy of the child?
change in final kinetic
gravitational energy
potential energy
A 1750 450
B 1750 1750
C 17 500 16 200
D 17 500 17 500

2 What uses non-renewable energy?

A a geothermal heating system B a nuclear power station
C a solar panel D a wind turbine

3 Which process in the Sun produces energy?

A burning B nuclear fission C nuclear fusion D radiation
4 A 300 N force is applied to a box to move it up a ramp, as shown.

How much work is done by the force when moving the box from X to Y?
A 900 J B 1200 J C 1500 J D 3000 J
5 A cyclist travels along a horizontal track at constant speed.
The work done by the cyclist is equal to
A the change in kinetic energy. B the force of air resistance.
C the force of friction in the bicycle. D the thermal energy (heat) produced.

6 A crane lifts a load of 6000 N through a vertical distance of 15 m in 30 s.

What is the average useful power during this operation?
A 200 W B 400 W C 3000 W D 12 000 W
7 Which statement about thermal radiation is correct?
A In a vacuum, thermal radiation travels at the speed of light.
B Thermal radiation is a longitudinal wave.
C Thermal radiation travels as an ultra-violet wave.
D White surfaces are better emitters of thermal radiation than black surfaces.

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8 A slice of bread is placed under a red-hot electric grill to make toast.

How does heat energy reach the bread?

A conduction and convection B conduction only
C convection and radiation D radiation only
9 A saucepan is used to heat up some water.

How is heat transferred through the aluminium pan and through the plastic handle?

10 A silver cup is filled with boiling water from a kettle. A man touches the outside surface of the cup and
finds that it is extremely hot. Why is the surface so hot?
A Convection takes place in the boiling water.
B Silver is a good conductor of heat.
C The boiling water gives out latent heat.
D The shiny surface is a good emitter of infra-red radiation.

11 A rod of metal is heated at one end. Which statement best describes the conduction of heat through the
metal?
A Atoms move from the hot end and hit electrons at the cold end.
B Atoms vibrate and hit atoms at the cold end.
C Free electrons move from the hot end and hit atoms further along the rod.
D Free electrons vibrate and pass energy to free electrons further along the rod.

12 To raise the temperature of a 2.0 kg block of metal by 20 °C, energy of 5.2 kJ is needed.
What is the value of the specific heat capacity of the metal?
A 0.13 J / (kg °C) B 52 J / (kg °C) C 130 J / (kg °C) D 52 000 J / (kg
°C)

13 In hot weather, people use electric fans to keep cool. Why do the fans make them feel cool?
A They change one form of energy into another. B They cool the air in the room.
C They increase the rate of evaporation from the skin. D They speed up the vibration of air molecules.

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14 Why is there a constriction in a clinical thermometer?
A to give the thermometer a smaller temperature range
B to make the thermometer more sensitive
C to prevent the mercury breaking the bulb when it expands
D to stop the mercury from going back to the bulb

15 In a liquid-in-glass thermometer, the liquid column is 2.0 cm long at 0 °C and it expands 10.0 cm when
heated to 100 °C.

Measuring from P, how long is the liquid column at 30 °C?

A 2.3 cm B 3.0 cm C 5.0 cm D 7.0 cm
16 The diagrams represent four thermometers.

Which thermometer has the greatest sensitivity and which thermometer has the greatest range?
greatest greatest
sensitivity range
A P R
B P S
C Q R
D Q S

17 The diagram shows a clinical thermometer.

Which factor affects the sensitivity of the thermometer?

A the constriction B the diameter of the bore
C the length of the glass tube D the thickness of the glass tube

18 A liquid-in-glass thermometer contains mercury.

Which physical property of the mercury varies with temperature, enabling the thermometer to operate?
A mass B melting point C resistance D volume

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19 The temperature shown by a mercury-in-glass thermometer increases.
Which of the following is constant?
A the density of the mercury B the internal energy of the mercury
C the mass of the mercury D the volume of the mercury

20 What makes a clinical thermometer suitable for measuring small changes in body temperature?
A The amount of mercury in the bulb is small. B The bore of the capillary tube is narrow.
C The capillary tube is long. D The glass bulb has a thin wall.

21 The diagram shows two liquid-in-glass thermometers P and Q.

The thermometers are identical except that Q has a capillary tube with a larger internal diameter than P.
Which thermometer has the larger range and which thermometer has the greater sensitivity?

22 A n electrical heater is placed in a beaker of cold oil, as shown.

The heater is switched on. What happens to the liquid at X?

A It becomes less dense and falls. B It becomes less dense and rises.
C It becomes more dense and falls. D It becomes more dense and rises.

23 A pupil adds 37 g of ice at 0 °C to 100 g of water at 30 °C. The final temperature of the water and
melted ice is 0 °C. No heat is lost to, or gained from, the surroundings. The specific heat capacity of water
is 4.2 J / (g °C).
What is the specific latent heat of ice?
A 47 J / g B 341 J / g C 4700 J / g D 12 600 J / g
24 The heat capacity of an object, of mass 2.0 kg, is C. The energy needed to

A increase the temperature of the whole object by ⵠt is Cⵠt.

B increase the temperature of unit mass of the object by ⵠt is Cⵠt.
C melt the whole object is C.
D melt unit mass of the object is C.

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25 An insulated beaker contains 300 g of water, initially at 30 °C. Water at 100 °C is added until the
temperature of the mixture reaches 50 °C. The specific heat capacity of water is 4.2 J / (g °C).
How much water is added?
A 60 g B 120 g C 180 g D 750 g

26 A hot liquid is poured into a beaker. The graph shows how the temperature of the liquid changes as it
cools towards room temperature.

What is occurring at region X?

A boiling and evaporation B condensation only
C evaporation only D solidification and evaporation

27 An ice pack is used to cool 0.25 kg of water. The specific heat capacity of water is 4.2 kJ / (kg ℃).

How much thermal energy (heat) must the ice pack extract from the water to reduce the water temperature
by 15 ℃?
A 0.070 kJ B 1.1 kJ C 16 kJ D 250 kJ

28 Four cars are driven along a road. The table shows the work done by the engine in each car and the time
taken by each car. Which engine produces the most power?

29 Thermal energy is transferred to a solid. First it melts and then it boils to produce a gas. Which
statement about the temperature is correct?
A When melting and boiling the temperature does not change.
B When melting and boiling the temperature increases.
C When melting the temperature increases but when boiling the temperature stays the same.
D When melting the temperature stays the same but when boiling the temperature increases.

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30 Steam at 100 °C is passed into some water in a beaker. All the steam condenses in the water.
The mass of water in the beaker rises from 120.0 g to 122.0 g. The specific latent heat of vaporisation of
water is 2250 J / g. How much thermal energy is lost by the steam as it condenses?

A 8.9 × 10–4J B 1.1 × 103J C 4.5 × 103J D 2.7 × 105 J

31 A gas in a container of fixed volume is heated. What happens to the molecules of the gas?
A They collide less frequently. B They expand.
C They move faster. D They move further apart.
32 In a liquid, some energetic molecules break free from the surface even when the liquid is too cold for
bubbles to form. What is the name of this process?
A boiling B condensation C convection D evaporation

33 The diagram shows the inside of a refrigerator.

When the refrigerator is first switched on, what happens to the air near the cooling unit?

34 Some gas is trapped in a closed container. The gas is cooled and the volume of the container is kept
constant. What happens to the gas molecules?
A They collide with the walls more often. B They contract.
C They get closer together. D They move more slowly.

35 Some of the liquid in a dish evaporates, as shown in the diagrams.

Which molecules leave the liquid and which molecules in the liquid have greater average kinetic energy?

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36 The diagram shows a flask containing air. The air is trapped by a drop of oil in a narrow tube.

When the flask is heated the oil drop rises up the tube.
Which statement is not correct?
A The air molecules each get larger. B The air molecules hit the container with greater force.
C The air molecules move faster. D The air molecules move further apart.

37 When a gas in a container of fixed volume is heated, the pressure of the gas increases.
Which statement explains this?
A The molecules expand and get heavier, so they hit each other harder.
B The molecules have less room to move, so they collide with each other more frequently.
C The molecules hit the walls harder and less frequently.
D The molecules move faster, so they collide with the walls more frequently.

38 A crane moves its load diagonally, as shown.

By what distance is the weight of the load multiplied in order to calculate the increase in gravitational
potential energy of the load?

39 The efficiency of an electrical generator is 65 %.

Which useful output can be expected if the energy input to the generator is 12 kJ?
A 4.2 kJ B 7.8 kJ C 19 kJ D 780 kJ
40 In a hydroelectric power station, water from a reservoir falls down a long pipe before entering the
turbines. The turbines then turn the generator. What is the overall energy conversion?
A electrical energy into kinetic energy B electrical energy into potential energy
C kinetic energy into chemical energy D potential energy into electrical energy

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