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21) Suppose you walk on red-hot coals with bare feet. If bits of the coals do not stick to your
feet, it would be best if your feet are
A) wet.
B) dry.
C) warm.
D) cold.
E) very hot.
Answer: A
Diff: 1
Topic: Energy and Changes of Phase
22) To turn ice at zero degrees Celsius to water at zero degrees Celsius, we must add
A) temperature.
B) energy.
C) force.
D) time.
E) It can't be done water is always warmer than that.
Answer: B
Diff: 1
Topic: Change of Phase
23) Compared to a glass of ice water with ice in it, a glass of plain ice-cold water without ice on
a warm day will warm up
A) faster.
B) slower.
C) in the same amount of time.
D) None of the above choices are true.
Answer: A
Diff: 2
Topic: Change of Phase
24) To increase the temperature of 50 grams of water by 2 Celsius degrees requires
A) 0.04 calorie.
B) 2 calories.
C) 4.18 calories.
D) 25 calories.
E) 100 calories.
Answer: E
Diff: 2
Topic: Energy and Changes of Phase
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29) Food cooked in boiling water at a mountain top cooks slower than when cooked at sea level.
If the temperature under the pot of boiling water is increased, the food will cook
A) faster at the mountain top.
B) faster at sea level.
C) faster at both places.
D) no differently than it did before the increase.
Answer: D
Diff: 3
Topic: Boiling
30) If you want to cook eggs by boiling them while in the mountains, then compared to sea-level
cooking, you should
A) use a hotter flame.
B) boil the eggs for a shorter time.
C) boil the eggs for a longer time.
D) None of the above choices are true.
Answer: C
Diff: 2
Topic: Boiling
31) The operation of a geyser, such as Old Faithful in Yellowstone Park, is most like the
operation of a
A) vacuum bottle.
B) canteen.
C) coffee percolator.
D) teakettle.
E) vat of molten lead.
Answer: C
Diff: 2
Topic: Geysers
32) When snow forms in clouds, the surrounding air
A) warms.
B) cools.
C) neither warms nor cools.
Answer: A
Diff: 2
Topic: Change of Phase
33) Melting snow
A) warms the surrounding air.
B) cools the surrounding air.
C) neither warms nor cools the surrounding air.
Answer: B
Diff: 2
Topic: Change of Phase
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34) When water vapor condenses on the inside of a window, the room becomes slightly
A) warmer.
B) cooler.
C) neither warmer nor cooler.
Answer: A
Diff: 2
Topic: Change of Phase
35) A refrigerator
A) produces cold.
B) causes internal energy to disappear.
C) removes internal energy from inside the refrigerator.
D) changes heat into cold.
E) none of these
Answer: C
Diff: 2
Topic: Change of Phase
36) The cooling effect inside a refrigerator is produced by
A) an electric motor that converts electrical energy into internal energy.
B) compressing the refrigeration gas into a liquid.
C) vaporizing the refrigeration liquid.
D) proper insulation.
E) replacing the warmer air with colder air.
Answer: C
Diff: 2
Topic: Change of Phase
37) On a humid day, water condenses on the outside of a glass of ice water. This phenomenon
occurs mainly because of
A) the porosity of glass.
B) capillary action.
C) adhesion of water molecules to glass.
D) the saturation of cooled air.
E) evaporation.
Answer: D
Diff: 2
Topic: Condensation in the Atmosphere
38) An inventor discovers a harmless and tasteless salt, which changes its boiling point when
added to water. The market value for this salt will be best if the salt
A) lowers the boiling point of water.
B) raises the boiling point of water.
C) either raises or lowers the boiling point, as the food would be cooked either way.
Answer: B
Diff: 3
Topic: Boiling
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43) Consider a steaming aluminum soda-pop can that contains a small amount of boiling water.
When it is quickly inverted into a bath of cooler water the can is dramatically crushed by
atmospheric pressure. This occurs because the pressure inside the can is rapidly reduced by
A) contact with the relatively cool water.
B) sudden slowing of the air and steam molecules inside.
C) condensation of steam inside.
D) reduced internal energy.
E) rapid conduction of heat to the relatively cool water.
Answer: C
Diff: 3
Topic: Change of Phase
44) The calories needed to change 10 grams of ice at zero degrees C to steam at 100 degrees C is
A) 6200.
B) 6400.
C) 7200.
D) 8000.
E) None of the above choices are correct.
Answer: C
Diff: 3
Topic: Change of Phase
45) Which involves the larger number of calories?
A) the condensation of 1 gram of steam at 100 degrees Celsius to water at 100 degrees
B) the cooling of 1 gram of water at 100 degrees Celsius to 1 gram of ice at absolute zero
C) Both involve the same number of calories.
D) Neither involves calories.
Answer: A
Diff: 3
Topic: Change of Phase
46) The minimum amount of 100-degree-C steam needed to melt 1 gram of 0-degree-Celsius ice
is
A) 0.125 gram.
B) 0.148 gram.
C) 6.75 grams.
D) 8 grams.
E) none of these
Answer: A
Diff: 3
Topic: Change of Phase
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47) The mass of ice that can be melted by 1 gram of 100-degree-C steam is
(Hint: Don't forget about hot water remaining from condensed steam.)
A) 0.125 gram.
B) 0.148 gram.
C) 6.75 grams.
D) 8 grams.
E) none of these
Answer: D
Diff: 3
Topic: Change of Phase
48) A substance can be sprayed on crops to prevent frost formation under many conditions. If
frost did not form on the fields and woods of an entire continent, cold nights would be
A) less cold.
B) even colder.
C) no different.
Answer: B
Diff: 3
Topic: Change of Phase
49) Stored potatoes, beets, and rutabagas freeze at temperatures below zero degrees Celsius
(rather than at exactly zero) because
A) they are good radiators of energy.
B) they are good absorbers of radiant energy.
C) the water in them contains dissolved salts and sugars.
D) they are very dense.
E) All of the above choices are true.
Answer: C
Diff: 3
Topic: Change of Phase
50) Stored potatoes, beets, and rutabagas in a well-insulated but unheated room can be protected
from freezing by having in the room
A) large blocks of foam plastic.
B) large tubs of water.
C) large rocks.
D) large blocks of salt.
E) large cubes of sugar.
Answer: B
Diff: 3
Topic: Change of Phase
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51) When a block of ice at zero degrees Celsius melts, the ice
A) absorbs energy from its environment.
B) releases energy to its environment.
C) absorbs energy and gets warmer.
D) releases energy and gets warmer.
E) absorbs energy but does not change its temperature.
Answer: E
Diff: 3
Topic: Change of Phase
52) A factor that usually determines whether a substance is in the solid, liquid, gaseous, or
plasma state is its
A) composition.
B) atomic number.
C) atomic shell configuration.
D) temperature.
E) none of these
Answer: D
Diff: 1
Topic: Change of Phase
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