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Physics 1401

Online Quiz 17

Mostly Chapters 16 and 17 in Conceptual Physics 12th edition

For this quiz, just select all of the correct answers for the multiple-choice questions, or click in the box then type in an answer and then click again outside the box for the fill-in-the-blank questions.


Question 1. The three most common ways in which heat is transferred include:
Channeling
Conduction
UPS
Convection
FED-EX
Radiation
 
 
Question 2. In order to keep hot things hot and cold things cold, a good thermos bottle makes use of three of the following:
Vacuum inside a glass envelope
Insulation
Compressed air
Greenhouse effect
Mirrored surfaces
Expansion of a gas
 
 
Question 3. The process whereby a liquid passes to gas phase at the surface of the liquid is called .
 
 
Question 4. The process whereby a liquid passes to gas phase throughout the liquid is called .
 
 
Question 5. At high elevations water boils at a temperature that is than 100°C.
 
 
Question 6. The amount of heat required to change 1 g of ice at 0 °C into 1 g of water at 0 °C is .
 
 
Question 7. The amount of heat required to change 1 g of water at 100 °C into 1 g of steam at 100 °C is .
 
 
Question 8. Temperature is a measure of the average of the molecules that make up a given substance.
 
 
Question 9. Heat spontaneously flows from to .
 
 
Question 10. Of the three temperature scales that we have discussed in class, only the scale is absolute.
 
 
Question 11. A calorie is the amount of heat necessary to raise the temperature of 1 gram of liquid water by  °C.
 
 
Question 12. A "large" Calorie is equal to 1000 "small" calories. The energy value of food is listed in .


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