Practice MCQs For Thermal Physics



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1. Many gas appliances such as ovens and heaters use a small flame to ignite the main burner.

In order to make sure that the small flame is burning, a temperature-measuring device is inserted into the flame.

What is the most suitable device to use?
2. What will not affect the rate of evaporation from the surface of a liquid?
3. A new liquid is tested to decide whether it is suitable for use in a liquid-in-glass thermometer.

It is found that the liquid does not expand uniformly with temperature.

What will be the effect of this on the scale of the thermometer?
4. When one end of a rod is heated, heat energy is transferred down the rod by
5. The pressure of air in a container has increased. What of the following could have been the cause of the increase?
6. What is the definition of heat capacity?
7. When ice changes into water at $0^{\circ} \, C$,
  1. Work is done in breaking the molecular structure of ice in solid state.
  2. Internal energy is increased.
  3. Energy is absorbed to raise the temperature.
8. The rate of evaporation of a liquid is increased by:
  1. increasing its temperature.
  2. increasing the pressure over the liquid.
  3. blowing a current of air over its surface.
  4. decreasing the surface area.
9. A copper rod is heated at one end.

Which statement describes how heat transfer occurs in the copper?
10. Which instrument is most suitable for measuring a rapidly changing temperature?

 

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