Heat 8

1-Which of the following objects is hot?

(A)Wooden handle of a frying

(B)Tumbler containing ice

(C)Spoon containing boiled milk✓✓

(D) lcebox

2-Four containers with black, white, green and yellow Coloured surfaces are kept on a flame. The
container of which colour will absorb the greatest amount of heat?

(A)Black✓✓

(B)White

(C)Green

(D)Yellow

3-Which toOxic metal is present in a clinical thermometer?

(A)Mercury✓✓

(B)Silver

(C)Copper

(D) Aluminium

4-The degree of hotness or coldness of a body is measured in terms of

(A)heat

(B)conduction

(C)temperature✓✓

(D)All of the above

5-Maximum-minimum thermometer is related to

(A)body temperature

(B)rainfall
(C)conduction

(D)weather report✓✓

6-Transfer of heat in liquids and gases is primarily by

(A)conduction

(B)Convection✓✓

(C)radiation

(D) None of these

7-The direction of the fiow of heat through a body depends upon

(A)the quantity of heat in the body

(B)the temperature difference✓✓

(C)Both (1) and (2)

(D)None of these

8-Why do firemen wear helmets made of brass polished from outside?

(A)Because brass absorbs most of the heat

(B)Because brass reflects most of the heat✓✓

(C)Because brass is a bad conductor of heat

(D)Because brass transmits most of the heat

9-Which of the following statements is true?

(A)The transfer of heat by radiation requires a medium.

(B)circumstances, heat flows from colder body to hotter body.

(C)The direction of the flow of heat through a body depends upon the quantity of heat in the body.

(D)The temperature of a substance is the measure of the average kinetic energy of molecules.✓✓

10-By which process is it possible to transfer heat in vacuum?

(A)Radiation✓✓

(B)Convection

(C)Induction

(D) Conduction
11-The process in which heat flows from one end of a body to the other in the direction of fall of
temperature without actual movement of the particles is called

(A)convection

(B)conduction✓✓

(C)radiation

(D None of these

12-Which two scales are used to measure the temperature of abpatient?

(A) Kelvin and Metre scales

(B)Celsius and Fahrenheit scales✓✓

(C)Fahrenheit and Kelvin scales

(D)Calorie and Celsius Scales

13-Which physical principle is used in the working of chimneys of furnaces?

(A)Convection in water

(B) Radiation of heat

(C)Convection in air✓✓

(D)Conduction in air

1-Which of the following sentences is correct about the temperature, if measured in celsius scale?

(A)It is the ratio of hotness or coldness of the body

(B)Unit of hotness or coldness of the body

(C)Degrees of hotness or coldness of the body✓✓

(D)The heat which a substance can resist without changing its state

2-Which of the following sentences is true about the lab thermometers?

a. It can record low temperatures (-10 degree centigrade)

b. It can record high temperatures(110 degree centigrade)

c. It can measure the temperature of the tap water

d. While measuring the temperature,the bulb should touch the base of the container.
(A)a and d

(B)a, candd

(C)band c

(D)a,b and c✓✓

3-Why are the bridges fixed with rollers at one end?

(A)To allow for expansion and contraction✓✓

(B)To reduce friction between vehicles and bridge

(C)To provide space for temperature measurement

(D)To increase the height of bridge

4-What is the role of constriction in the

clinical thermometer?

(A)To increase the range of thermometer

(B)To prevent the mercury from flowing back to the bulb✓✓

(C)To improve the sensitivity of the thermometer

(D)To increase the time required for the thermometric substance to reach the temperature of the
surrounding

5-Which properties of liquids are exploited in mercury thermometers?

a. Liquids have no set shape

b. Liquids expand on heating

c. Liquids are colorless

d. Liquids are poor conductor of heat

(A) a, b, c and d

(B)Cand d

(C)a and b✓✓

(D) band d

6-The process by which (A) is transferred from the (B) end to the (C) end by physical contact is
known

as (D). What are A, B, C and D respectively?

(B)Heat, Hotter, Colder,Convection

(C)Temperature, colder.hotter, conduction

(D)Heat, Hotter, Colder,Conduction✓✓

7-The upper measures of Celsius(°C) and Fahrenheit (°F) scales are respectively

(A)0 and 32

(B)212 and 100

(C)100 and 212✓✓

(D)0 and 100

8-Which of the following types of clothes are preferred in summers?

(A)Dark coloured cottonclothes

(B)Light coloured cotton clothes✓✓

(C)Light coloured woollen clothes

(D)Dark coloured woollen clothes

9-Which of the following is measured using the maximum-minimum thermometer?

(A)Reaction temperature

(B)Weather temperature✓✓

(C)Body tenmperature

(D)Milk temperature

10-1 litre of water at 10 degree centigrade is mixed with same quantity of water at 30 degree
centigrade. What will be temperature of the resulting mixture?

(A) 10 degree centigrade

(B)Between 10 degree centigrade and 30 degree centigrade✓✓

(C)30 degree centigrade

(D) 40 degree centigrade

11-Which of the following materials does not allow heat to pass through it easily?

(A) Air✓✓
(B)Copper

(C)Iron

(D) Aluminium

12-Sun's energy reaches the Earth in the form of

(A)Convection

(B) Conduction

(C)Radiation✓✓

(D) Evaporation

13-Which of the following sentences are true about land breeze?

a. Cool air moves from the land towards the sea.

b. Cool air moves from the sea towards the land.

c. It occurs in the morning

d. It occurs in the evening.

(A)a and d✓✓

(B)band c

(C)a and c

(D)b and d

14-Below which temperature is it not possible to read with clinical thermometer?

(A)42°C

(B)40 °C

(C)34 °C

(D) 35 °C✓✓

15-Kink is present only in laboratory thermometer

(A) Laboratory thermometer

(B)clinical thermometer✓✓

(C)maximum-minimum thermometer

(D)All of the above