Physics 011

 A of PQ#14A

Chapter 14: Heat

Practice Questions

 


1.

 

Which of the following is a unit for Internal Energy?
Your answer: Joule

 

2.

 

Which of the following is an English unit for heat?
Your answer: BTU

 

3.

 

The unit of emissivity is
The correct answer: none of these.

Emissivity is unitless. Review Section 14-9 in Giancoli.

 

4.

 

The unit for heat conduction would be a
 The correct answer: J/s.

Review Section 14-7 in Giancoli.

 

5.

 

The unit for radiant heat transfer is
 The correct answer: J/s.

Review Section 14-9 in Giancoli.

 

6.

 

A spaceship is drifting in an environment where the acceleration of gravity is essentially zero. As the air on one side of the cabin is heated by an electric heater, what is true about the convection currents caused by this heating?
Your answer: There are no conventional convection currents.

 

7.

 

In a liquid at a given temperature, the molecules are moving in every direction, some fast, some slowly. Electrical forces of adhesion tend to hold them together. However, occasionally one molecule gains enough energy (as a result of collisions) so that it pulls loose from its neighbors and escapes from the liquid. Which of the following can best be understood in terms of this phenomena?
 The correct answer: When you step out of a swimming pool and stand in the wind, you will get colder than you would if you stayed out of the wind.

The process is known as evaporation. Review Section 14-6 in Giancoli.

 

8.

 

Radiant energy is proportional to
Your answer: T4.

 

9.

 

Conduction is proportional to
 The correct answer: Temperature Difference.

Actually, temperature difference. Review Section 14-7 in Giancoli.

 

10.

 

Conduction is inversely proportional to
 The correct answer: Thickness.

This is connected to radiation. Review Section 14-7 in Giancoli.

 

11.

 

If the thickness of a brick is 8 cm and its conductivity is 0.8J/s*m*Co. What is its thermal resistance?
 The correct answer: 0.1

Review Section 14-7 in Giancoli.

 

12.

 

If a wooden wall is 8 cm thick and has a conductivity of .08 J/s*m*Co, what is its thermal resistance?
 The correct answer: 1

Do not multiply. Review Section 14-7 in Giancoli.

 

13.

 

If a wall is composed of 8 cm of wood and 8 cm of brick, what would be its total thermal resistance?
 The correct answer: 1.1

Thermal Resistances add. Review Section 14-7 in Giancoli.

 

14.

 

A piece of hot metal is put into an equal mass of water. The water temperature rises 5 degrees and the metal's temperature drops 10 degrees. What is the specific heat of the metal?
 The correct answer: .5 kcal/kg*C.

Review Section 14-5 in Giancoli.

 

15.

 

The specific heat of glass is 0.2 kcal/kg. If you put 1 kg of glass in contact with an equal mass of water and its temperature drops 5 degrees, by how much will the temperature of the water rise?
Your answer: 1 Co

 

16.

 

How much heat is needed to boil 1 kg of water to steam?
Your answer: 539 kcal

 

17.

 

How much heat does it take to melt 1 kg of ice into water?
Your answer: 79.7 kcal

 

18.

 

In the formula U=(3/2)nRT what is n?
 The correct answer: n is the number of moles.

Review Section 14-3 in Giancoli.

 

19.

 

In the formula U=(3/2)NkT what is N?
 The correct answer: N is the number of atoms.

Review Section 14-3 in Giancoli.

 

20.

 

What is the internal energy (to the nearest joule) of 10 moles of Helium at 100 K?
Your answer: 12473 J

 

21.

 

What is the internal energy (to the nearest joule) of 10 moles of Oxygen at 100 K?
 The correct answer: None of the above.

Oxygen is a diatomic gas the formula applies only to monatomic gasses.

 

22.

 

On a clear day at the equator with the sun directly overhead, how long would it take to warm 10 kg of water 15 Co if the emissivity of the 1.0 m 2 surface is 1?
Your answer: 628 s

 

23.

 

On a very clear dry dark night, little radiation is received from the sky. How much energy, in one hour, will a perfectly black object, with 2 m2 of surface area exposed only to the sky, radiate if its temperature is 50 oC ?
Your answer: 4.4x106 J

 

24.

 

Air is a better insulator than fiberglass, yet we fill the air spaces in our walls with fiberglass insulation. Why do we do this?
Your answer: To 'still' the air.

 

25.

 

Can you take a picture of a perfectly black dog?
 The correct answer: No.

A perfectly black surface will reflect no light. A camera works on reflected light. Unexposed areas of the film will be black upon developing. What you are left with is a picture of everything but the dog. Review Section 14-9 in Giancoli.