0685621967 –exam focus understanding physics

UNDERSTANDING PHYSICS
EXAM PERTOPIC FOCUS
MEASUREMENT OF THERMAL ENERGY
FORM THREE
PHYSICS
Special
031

TIME 3:00HOURS 2024

INSTRUCTIONS
 This paper consists of sections A, B and C with eleven (11) questions.
 Constants are given to specific question
 Follow the given instructions in each section

SECTION A (16marks)
Answer all question
1. For each of items (i) – (x), choose the correct answer among the given alternatives and write
its letter in given booklet (10 marks)

(i) When ice melts to become water, which force must be overcome?
A. The attraction between electrons and the nucleus
B. The attraction between the atoms in a molecules
C. The forces between molecules D. The force of gravity
(ii) When solid is melting , the temperature remains constant even though heat is being supplied
because ;
A. The heat is being used to break up the intermolecular bonds
B. The solid is not absorbing any heat C. The molecules are moving faster
D. The molecules are further apart
(iii) Ice is taken from a freezer and left in a room. The ice melts and eventually the water reaches
room temperature. Which energy transfers takes place?
Energy transfer during melting Energy transfer after melting
A From ice to room From water to room
B From ice to room From room to water
C From room to ice From room to water
D From room to ice From water to room

(iv) Which factors increase the rate of evaporation of a liquid?

Increasing temperature Increasing surface area Increasing depth
A yes yes Yes
B yes yes no
C yes no Yes
D no yes yes

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(v) The diagram shows a cross section through a rain water puddle formed in a shallow hole in
a road surface.
Puddle
Road surface //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/ Shallow hole
Over a period of time, air temperature, wind speed and wind direction remain constant.
What happens to the rate of evaporation of water from the puddle?
A. It decreases ,because the surface area decreases
B. It increases because the puddle gets shallower
C. It increases because the surface area decreases
D. It remains constant
(vi) A swimmer climbs out of a swimming pool on a warm, dry day. Almost immediately he
begins to feel cold .why is this?
A. The water allows convection current to remove heat from his skin
B. The water takes latent from his body in order to evaporates
C. The water on his skin is a good conductor of heat
D. The water prevents radiation from reaching his body
(vii) On a hot day, a drink in a bottle can be kept cool by standing it in a bowl of water and place
a wet cloth over it.

Why the drink is kept cool?

A. Hot air cannot escape from the bottle
B. The cloth conducts heat from the bottle into the water
C. The drink cannot evaporate from the bottle
D. Water evaporating from the cloth cools the drink
(viii) Aluminium has a specific heat capacity more than twice that of copper. Identical masses of
aluminium and copper, both at 00C dropped together into a can of hot water. When the
system has come to equilibriums:
A. Aluminium is at higher temperature than copper
B. Aluminium and copper are at the same temperature
C. Copper is at a higher temperature than aluminium.
D. Temperature difference between the copper and aluminium depends on the amount of
water in the can.
E. The temperature of the copper and aluminium will be higher than that of water

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(ix) If the same amount of heat is supplies to one litre of water and one kg of a copper block the
copper block feels hotter than water. The reason for this observation is that ;
A. Copper has a smaller value of specific heat capacity than water
B. Copper is good conductor of heat while water is bad conductor of heat
C. Water is heated by convection which is slower while copper is heated by conduction
which faster
D. The heat capacity of copper is greater than that of water `
(x) Shabani used the same material to make sphere, a cube and a thin circular plate and having
the same mass. They initially heated to a temperature of 30000C. Which of these will cool
fast?
A. Sphere
B. Cube
C. Plate
D. All these will cool at the same rate
2. Match the items response the diagram used to verify relationship between volume and
pressure of a fixed mass of a gas .(6marks
List A List B
(i) Latent heat 𝑄
(ii) Specific heat capacity A.
∆𝑇
(iii)Heat absorbed or given out by a body B. mL
when its temperature changes C. Cal/g0C
(iv) Heat capacity D. mc∆𝑇
(v) Heat by electrical method
(vi) Relation between heat capacity and E. ItV
specific heat capacity F. IV
G. Heat capacity = mass x specific heat
capacity
H. Specific heat capacity = mass x heat
capacity

SECTION B (54 marks)

Answer all questions
3. (a) Why spirit poured on the skin feels much colder than the water at the same temperature?
Explain this.(4marks)
(b) How much thermal energy is needed to turn 3.0kg of water at 500C into steam at 1000C?
The specific heat capacity of water is 4200J/kg0C and latent heat of vaporization of
water is 2260kJ/kg.(5marks)
4. (a) Define vaporization and specific latent heat of vaporization of a substance. (4marks)
(b) Tour guide master at Kiwila water falls observed that, water fall from a height of 100m
to the bottom. Calculate the rise in temperature of water when it strikes the bottom.
Given 𝑐𝑤 = 4200J/kg0C and g = 10m/s2.(5maarks)

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5. Figure below shows a refrigerator. Inside the pipes in the ice-box, a liquid boils and takes in
latent heat. The gas condenses in the pipes at the back of the refrigerator and thermal energy
(heat) leaves through the black metal fins.

Ice box

Food
Compartment

Pump

(a) (i) State one similarity and one difference between boiling and evaporation (2marks)
(ii) Explain , in terms of the molecules involved , why latent heat is needed to boil the
liquid (2marks)
(b) (i) Explain how the ice at the top of the refrigerator keeps the whole of the food
compartment cool (2marks)
(ii) Explain why the fins are black (3marks)
6. A container holds 1.5kg of ice initially at 400C.Heat is supplied to the container at the rate of
12.6kJ per minutes for 120 minutes.
(a) Plot a graph of temperature versus time for the 120 minutes during which heat is
supplied (5marks)
(b) What will be the temperature of the contents be at the end of 120 minutes? (1marks)
(c) What will be the mass of the steam at in the container at the end of 120 minutes?
Given specific heat capacity of ice = 4200J/kg K. (3marks)
7. (a) Explain why the temperature of methylated spirit decreases when air is blown over
it.(3marks)
(b) Porous canvas bags filled with water are used by travelers in hot weather. When the bags
are slung on the outside of a fast moving car, the water inside is cooled considerably.
Explain (3marks)
(c) When a certain quantity of heat was supplied to a substance, its temperature rose from
50C to 200C.What will the final temperature of the substance be if twice the amount of
heat is then removed from the sample? (3marks)
8. (a) Latent heat of fusion and latent heat of vaporization are “hidden”. Explain this.(3marks)
(b) A block of metal of mass 1.5kg which is suitably insulated is heated from 300 C to 500 C
in 8minutes and 20 seconds by an electric heater coil rated 54W. Calculate
(i) The quantity of heat supplied by the heater .(3marks)
(ii) The specific heat capacity of the block .(3marks)

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SECTION C (30marks)
Answer only two (2) questions
9. (a) How can water be brought to a boil without heating it? (5marks)
(b) A plastic tray weighing 48g and containing 200g of water at 200C is put in a refrigerator
which abstract heat at a uniform rate of 2100J/min. Calculate the;
(i) The time taken for the tray and water to reach at 00C (5marks)
(ii) Total time taken to freeze all the water to ice at 00C. (5marks)
Given specific heat capacity of plastic = 1050J/kgK; specific latent heat of fusion of
water = 335000J/kg.
10. (a) Explain how the pressure cooker can cook food faster than an ordinary cooking utensil
with a loose-fitting lid. (5marks)
(b) A heater of 500w is used to raise the temperature of 50kg of material of specific heat
capacity of 960J/kgK, from 180C to 380C. Assume that all the heat from the heater is
given to the material. Calculate ;
(i) Heat capacity of the material (5marks)
(ii) The time taken in seconds (5marks)
11. (a) Evaporation is a cooling process. Explain (3marks)
(b) A block of aluminium, 500g at 200C was heated in a furnace at 6600C until it just melted.
(i) Find the total quantity of heat required (5marks)
(ii) If in this process the furnace consume 100litre of gas of calorific value 16800J/Litres.Find
its efficiency.(7marks)
Given specific heat capacity of aluminium, c = 920J/kgK
Latent heat of fusion aluminium, L = 3.2 × 105 J/kg.

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