PART III
1. A phenomenon which is used to describe the process by which a substance
changes from solid to gas is called (a) evaporation (b) freezing (c)
sublimation (d) melting (e) vaporization
2. A phenomenon which is used to describe the process by which a substance
changes from liquid to vapour is called (a) evaporation (b) freezing (c)
sublimation (d) melting (e) vaporization
3. The constant temperature at which a substance changes state from liquid
to solid is called (a) freezing point (b) melting point (c)boiling point
(d)heating point
4. Melting point is a temperature at which a solid substance has its bond
broken such that it now flows as liquid. (a) freezing point (b) melting point
(c)boiling point (d)heating point
5. What effect will reducing the surface pressure of a liquid have on its
boiling point? (a) increase its boiling point (b) reduces its boiling point (c) it
does not have effect (d) increases its boiling point by 5 0C (e) none of the
above
6. Which of the following statement is true about evaporation (a)
evaporation occurs at all temperature except at boiling points (b)
evaporation only occurs at boiling point (c) evaporation occurs at all
temperature (d) all of the above (e) none of the above
7. Impurities change the boiling points of liquid. So, salt added to water will
(a) increase its boiling point (b) reduces its boiling point (c) it does not have
effect (d) reduces its boiling point by 50C(e) none of the above
8. Which of the following is the correct SI unit of specific latent heat? (a) Jkgk
(b) Jkg-1k-1 (c) Jkgk-1 (d) Jkg-1 (e) Jkg
9. The heat required to change 1kg of ice at 0 0C to water at the same
temperature is called (a) specific latent heat of vaporization (b) specific
heat capacity (c) specific latent heat of fusion (d) heat capacity (e) specific
heat capacity
10. The equation PxVyTz = constant is Boyle’s law if (a) x=0, y=0, z=1 (b) x=1,
y=0, z=0 (c) x=1, y=1, z=0 (d) x=1, y=1, z=1 (e) x=1, y=1, z=-1
11. A fixed mass of gas of volume 600cm3 at a temperature of 270C is cooled at
constant pressure to a temperature of 00C. What is the change in volume?
(a) 54cm3(b) 273cm3 (c) 300cm3(d) 546cm3 (e) 600cm3
12. A fixed mass of gas occupies a volume of 20cm3 at a fixed pressure of
700mmHg. Assuming that the temperature remains constant, what will be
the volume of the gas at 750mmHg? (a) 2.5cm3 (b) 15.5cm3 (c) 18.7cm3 (d)
21.4cm3 (e) 72.5cm3
13. _____ is an agent that changes or tends to change the state of rest or of
uniform motion on a straight line of a body (a)force (b)motion (c)friction
(d)movement
14. ______ is the movement of an object from one place to another at a
particular time (a)force (b)motion (c)friction (d)movement
15. Force that are in contact with the body they affect are called _____
(a)contact force (b)force field (c)non- contact force (d)gravitational force
16. Force whose sources does not required contact with the body on which
they act is called _______ (a)contact force (b)force field (c) non-contact
force (d)gravitational force
17. If 1.13 X 106J of heat energy is required to convert 15kg of steam to water.
Calculate the specific latent heat of vaporization of steam (a)7533Jkg (b)
7500Jkgn (c) 7870Jkg (d) 8245Jkg
18. The law that states that the pressure of a fixed mass of gas varies inversely
as the volume at constant temperature is called ______ (a)boyle’s law
(b)Charle’s law (c)pressure law (d)general gas law
19. _____ states that for a fixed mass of gas at constant pressure, the volume
is proportional to its absolute temperature (a)boyle’s law (b)Charle’s law
(c)pressure law (d)general gas law
20. When two bodies collide and then move with different velocities (a)elastic
collision (b)inelastic collision (c)momentum (d)displacement
21. Which of the following is not an effect of heat? A. expansion B. contraction
C. change of state. D. increase in weight
22. Temperature can be measured in the following units except A. degree
Celsius B. kelvin C. degree Fahrenheit D. centigrade-meter
23. When heat is extracted from water it changes from liquid to gas. What is
this process called____(a) vaporization (b) evaporation (c) condensation
24. The process of by which a gas is converted to a solid is called____(a)
sublimation (b) deposition (c) vaporize
25. Fahrenheit is a unit for_____ (a) heat (b) gas (c) temperature (a) water
26. ____ of a substance is defined as the amount of heat required to raise the
temperature of 1 gram of a substance through 1°C. (a) special heat
capacity (b) specific heat capacity (c) molar heat capacity
27. _____ of a substance is defined as the amount of heat required to raise the
temperature of 1 mole of a substance through 1° C (a) special heat
capacity (b) specific heat capacity (c) molar heat capacity
28. There are ____ types of heat capacities (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
29. ____ The heat supplied to a system to raise its temperature through 1°
C keeping the volume of the system constant is called (a) heat capacity at
constant pressure (b) heat capacity at constant volume (c)
thermodynamics
30. The heat supplied to a system to raise its temperature through1° C keeping
the external pressure constant is called__(a) heat capacity at constant
pressure (b) heat capacity at constant volume (c) thermodynamics
31. An electric heater rated 12V is used to heat 450g of water when a current
of 5A was passed through it. What is the final temperature after
30minutes? [Specific capacity of water = 4200 JKg-1K-1] (a) 57k (b) 20k (c)
57k (d) 80k (e) 40k
32. If the pressure of the vapor on top of an enclosed liquid is equal to the
atmospheric pressure, what will be the temperature of the liquid
enclosed? (a) room temperature (b) boiling point (c) freezing point (d)
standard temperature
33. 200g of water at 90°C is mixed with 100g of water at 30°C. What is the final
temperature? (a) 50oC (b) 60oC (c) 70oC (d) 80oC
34. Which of the following is not used to determine the heat content of a
body? (a) mass of the body (b) volume of the body (c) specific heat
capacity of the body (d) temperature of the body (e) all of the above
35. A____ is an instrument used in measuring the quantity of heat (a)
Barometer (b) Aerometer (c) anemometer (d) calorimeter
36. ____ is defined as the process of reducing heat hot to the surrounding (a)
lagging (b) calorimeter (c) regnant (d) capacity
37. Calculate the heat capacity of a mass 258g if its specific heat capacity is
900JKg-1K-1 (a) Cp = 232200JK-1 (b) Cp = 252200JK-1 (c) Cp = 2200JK-1
38. A phenomenon which is used to describe the process by which a substance
changes from solid to gas is called (a) evaporation (b) freezing (c)
sublimation (d) melting (e) vaporization
39. What effect will reducing the surface pressure of a liquid have on its
boiling point? (a) increase its boiling point (b) reduces its boiling point (c) it
does not have effect (d) increases its boiling point by 50C (e) none of the
above
40. Which of the following statement is true about evaporation (a)
evaporation occurs at all temperature except at boiling points (b)
evaporation only occurs at boiling point (c) evaporation occurs at all
temperature (d) all of the above (e) none of the above
41. This change in the direction of the light of the light ray which is due to
difference in the speed of light in different media is called____(a)
refraction (b) current (c) velocity
42. The velocities of light in air and glass are 3.0 x108 m/s and 1.8 x108 m/s
respectively. Calculate the sine of the angle of incidence that will
produce an angle of refraction of 300 for a ray of light incident on glass
A. 1.2 B. 1.0 C . 0.8 D. 0.6
43. The absolute refractive indexes of glass and water are 3/2 and 4/3
respectively. The refractive at the interface when a ray travels from water
to glass is A ½ B 8/9 C 9/8 D17/12
44. The angle between the incident ray and the emergent ray is known as the
angle of___(a) elevation (b) deviation (c) deficiency (d) extraction
45. The angle of deviation ____ as the angle of incidence ______ (a) increase ,
decreases (b) decreases , increase (c) increase, increase
46. The reciprocal of a lens is called …(a) Principal axis (b) power (c ) bi-
convex (d) optical centre
47. ………….. is the distance between optical centre and the principal focus of a
lens Optical centre (b) focal length (c ) principal axis (d) radius of
curvature
48. An object placed 36cm from a converging lens of a focal length 24cm,
forms a real image which is 6cm high. What is the height of the object. (a)
4cm (b) 3cm (c) 2cm (d) 12cm
49. An object is placed 20cm from a converging lens. If the real image formed
is 80cm. find the focal length of the lens? (a) 15cm (b) 30cm (c) 10cm (d)
16cm
50. For correcting long sight defects in the human eyes, we require ………..(a)
Converging lens (b) diverging lens (c) microscope (d) periscope.
51. Which of the following optical instruments does not make use of a lens?
(a) projector (b)periscope (c ) eye (d) microscope.
52. The ability of the eye to focus object at different distances is called ……..(a)
Power (b) power of accommodations (c) normal vision (d) long sight
53. ………. Waves are set up in pipes (a) Stationary (b) longitudinal (c)
transverse (d) electromagnetic.
54. Binocular vision_____ (a) Restricts the field of view (b) Enables a
person to see further (c ) Enables objects to be seen in relief (d)Enables
objects to be seen clearly.
55. The separation of white light into its constituent colour is known as___ (a)
deviation (b) defraction (c) dispersion (d) deflection
56. The light of one wavelength or colour is called____ (a) yellow light (b)
green light (c) monochromatic light (d) blue light
57. In a pure spectrum, what is the function of the lens near the length
source? (a) to separate the light colours (b) to produce parallel rays (c)
to diverge the light rays (d )to produce dispersion necessary for the
spectrum
58. Sound wave differs from water wave……… (a) energy transfer is involve (b)
they can be refracted and reflected (c) no transfer of the medium is
involved (d) They are longitudinal wave.
59. The speed of sound traveling in various media increases in the following
correct order. (a) Iron bar, air, water (b) air, iron bar, water (c) air, water,
iron bar (d) water, iron bar, air.
60. A noise of frequency 2000Hz has a velocity of 400m/s. What is the
wavelength of the noise? (a) 0.02m (b) 0.25m ( c ) 0.2m (d) 2m
ANSWER ANY FOUR QUESTIONS
1. a. Define the following
i. Latent heat of fusion
ii. Latent heat of vaporization
iii. Latent heat
b. Differentiate between heat and temperature.
c. Define heat and list 3 effects of heat
d. Define heat capacity?
2. a. Derive the equation of motion on horizontal axis
2b. A car start from rest and accelerates at 12m/s2 over a distance
of 150m find the velocity and time spent ?
2c. A motor car accelerates for 10s to attain a velocity of 20m/s it
continues with uniform velocity for further 20s and then
decelerates so that its stops in 20s. calculate
I. Acceleration
II. Deceleration
III. Disttance traveled
3a. A stone projected horizontally from the top of a tower with a
speed of 4m s− 1 lands on the level ground at a horizontal distance
25m from the foot of the tower. Calculate the height of the tower
( g=10 s− 2 )
3b.
4a. A tap suppplies water at 25 celsius why another supplies water
at 75 celsius if a man wishes to bath with water at 40 celsius fin
the ratio of the mas of cold water to the mass of hot water
required
4b. 10g of common salt at 91 celsius is immersed in 125g of
turpentine at 13 celsius if the temperature of the mixture is 16
celsius and assuming no heat losses, calculate the specific heat
capacity of common salt
(SHC of turpentine = 428j/kg/k )
4c. Draw the diagram to illusstrate expepriment to determine
specific heat capacity of a liquid by electric method and label.
5a. A man on top of a tower 35m throws a stone vertically upwrds
with a speed of 14m/s.b find
I. The height above the ground, reacch by the stone
II. The speed of the stone when it reach the ground
5b. A body falls from the top of towerand during the last second its
falls 9/25 of the whole distance. Find the height of the tower.
(g= 10m/s2 )
