SPECIFIC HEAT CAPACITY (d) Calculate the amount of heat lost by

block P when its achived thermal

1. Question 3: Trengganu 07 equilibrium.
Diagram 3.1 shows a metal block P of mass [Specific heat capacity of block P
300 g at initial temperature 100 oC is = 900 J kg-1 oC-1 ]
immersed into the water at room
temperature. Diagram 3.2 shows the graph
of temperature against time of block P until
it achieve thermal equilibrium.

[2 marks]

2. Question 3: Melaka 09
A block of copper with mass of 200 g is
heated to 100 ˚C in boiling water. The hot
copper is then quickly transferred to a
beaker containing 700 g of water at 30 ˚C as
shown in Diagram 3. After 2 minutes the
thermal equilibrium is achieved and the
final temperature is 80 ˚C.

Diagram 3.1 Diagram 3.2

(a) What is meant by thermal equilibrium?

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[1 mark]

(b) What is the temperature of block P

when it is in thermal equilibrium? (a) (i) Determine the difference in
temperature between the boiling
............................................................. water and the water in the
[1 mark] beaker as shown in Diagram 3.
(c) Explain how block P achieve thermal
equilibrium. (ii) What is the net flow of heat
during the thermal equilibrium?
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[2 marks]
(b) On Diagram below using directed lines,
show the direction of heat transfer
between the water and the block copper

[2 marks] Diagram 5.2

(a) What is meant by specific heat
(c) The specific heat capacity of copper capacity?
is 400 J kg 1 º C 1 .
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Calculate heat energy released by the
copper
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[2 marks]
[1mark]
(b) Based on Diagram 5.1 and Diagram
5.2,
(d) The specific heat capacity of water
(i) Compare the temperature of the
is 4200 J kg 1 º C 1 . What is the
soup in the metal pot and
raise of temperature of 1 kg of water
temperature of the soup in the
when supply with 12600 joule of heat
clay pot after 5 minutes.
energy .
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[1 mark]
3. Question 5: Johor 07
(ii) compare the specific heat capacity of
Diagram 5.1 shows the soup that boil in the
the metal pot and the specific heat
metal pot and in the clay pot. Both pots are
capacity of the clay pot.
supply with same rate of heat and have
same mass.
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Diagram 5.2 shows the changes in
[1 mark]
temperature after 5 minutes.
(iii) give your reason in (b)(i) and (b)(ii).
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Diagram 5.1 [2 marks]
 (iv) state the relationship between the 4. Question 8:
increase of the temperature and the Diagram 8.1 and Diagram 8.2 show a block
specific heat capacity. of iron and a block of aluminium, each of
................................ mass 250 g, are heated by an immersion
.......................... heater. The power of the immersion heater
[1 mark] is 50 W.

(c) After the soup in the pots reach the

same temperature, both pots are
removed away from the burner as
shown in the Diagram 5.3.

Diagram 5.4 shows the changes in

temperature 5 minutes after removing
them from the burner.

The temperature-time graph for the two

experiments are shown in diagram 8.3 .

(i) Based on Diagram 5.3 and Diagram

5.4, compare the temperature of the soup in
the metal pot and the temperature of the
soup in the clay pot 5 minutes after Diagram 8.3
removing them from the burner.
(a) What is meant by heat?
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[1 mark]
(b) Based on Diagram 8.3, calculate the
(ii) Explain your answer in (c)(i). change in temperature per minute
for;
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[2 marks]
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(ii) Aluminium
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[1 mark]
 (c) Based on your calculation, which
metal gets hot faster? Explain your
answer.

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[2 marks]

(d) Determine the specific heat (a) (i) What is meant by heat?
capacity for iron and aluminium.
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[1 mark]

(ii) Explain how the heat is removed

[3 marks] from the forehead of the person

(e) Table 8 shows the specific heat ....................................................

capacity of materials which could
be used to make a frying pan. ....................................................
[2 marks]
Material Specific heat capacity/
J kg-1 oC-1 (b) The mass of the gel in the pad is 30 g
A 780 and its’ specific heat capacity is 4.3 J
B 1528 g-1 ˚C-1. The initial temperature of the
C 1415 pad is 15 ˚C and the final temperature
is 36 ˚C. Calculate the amount of
TABLE 8 heat removed by the pad.
[2 marks]
Based on your answer in (c) and (d) , which
material would be suitable to make a frying
pan?
Explain your answer. (c) It is suggested that the cooling pad
should be modified so that it can
................................................................... remove more heat. Give two
suggestion and the reasons for doing
................................................................... so.
Suggestion 1:
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[2 marks] [1 mark]
5. Question 7: Kedah 08 Reason:
Diagram 7.1 shows a cooling pad used to
lower the temperature of a person having ..........................................................
fever. The pad consists of a gel and is [1 mark]
cooled in a refrigerator before it is placed Suggestion 2:
on the forehead of the person to remove the
heat. ..........................................................
[1 mark]
Reason: