RPSCIENCE DEC 2018

JUN 2018:
a) Define each of the following terms:
(i) Heat Capacity [2M]
(ii) Specific heat capacity [2M]

b) (i) Describe TWO (2) process of heat transfer. [2M]

(ii) State TWO (2) applications of heat transfer in daily life. [2M]

c) (i) A geologist working in the field drinks her morning coffee using an aluminium cup with
the mass of 120g at 20°C. if she pours in 300g of coffee at 70°C, calculate the final
temperature after the coffee and the cup attain thermal equilibrium?
(Specific heat capacity of aluminium is 910 J/kg°C and coffee is 4200 J/kg°C.
There is no heat exchange with the surroundings). [2M] 𝜃𝑓 = 66.01℃

(ii) Calculate the heat quantity needed to increase 20N of water from 10°C to 98°C.
[2M] 𝑄 = 753 516.82 𝐽

DEC 2017:

a) State the definition and SI unit for the terms below:

(i) Temperature [2M]
(ii) Specific heat capacity [2M]

b) Explain TWO (2) ways of heat transfer [6M]

c) (i) How much heat is required to raise the temperature of 44 g of mercury from 25 C
to 39 C? [3M] 86.24 𝐽

(ii) A 120 g mass of water at a temperature of 40 C is poured into a vessel

containing 100 kg of water with a temperature of 12 C. Find the final
temperature after system comes to thermal equilibrium. Assume that no thermal
energy is lost to the surrounding. [5M] 𝜃𝑓 = 27.3℃

(iii) 200 g of milk at temperature of 18 C poured into jug with 800 g of hot chocolate
with temperature of 80 C. The final temperature of the mixture is 65 C. Find the
value of specific heat capacity of hot chocolate if there is no interchange of heat
from outside. Given specific heat capacity of milk is 3770 J/kg C.
[7M] 𝑐 = 2953 𝐽/𝑘𝑔℃

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 RPSCIENCE DEC 2018

JUN 2017:

a) State the definition and SI unit for the terms below:

(i) Heat [2M]
(ii) Temperature [2M]

b) State THREE (3) method of heat transfer and explain the process for each method.
[6M]

c) (i) A 150g of water at 20C is added a 150g of iron at 90C. Calculate the final
temperature of the mixture. (ciron = 1434 J/kgC and cwater = 4200 J/kgC)
[10M]  = 37.82C

(ii) It takes 357.3 J to heat a 37g og copper from 17C to 89C. Calculate the specific
heat in J/kgC. [5M] 134.12 𝐽/𝑘𝑔℃

DEC 2016:

a) List and explain TWO (2) ways of heat transfer [4M]

b) Faris cooling down a bowl of water with a mass, m (kg) from 90 C to 45 C. If the
quantity of heat released from the water is 9.6 kJ, calculate the mass, m (kg) of the
water. (Specific Heat Capacity of water is 4200 J/kgC) [6M] 0.05 kg

c) An aluminium plate with a mass of 500g has been heated from 31 C to 80 C . Then
the aluminium plate was placed into a container that has 700g of Liquid Y at a
temperature of 15 C. Calculate:

(i) The quantity of heat that is used to heat an aluminium plate

(Specific Heat Capacity of aluminium is 950 J/kgC) [5M] 23 275J

(ii) The final temperature of the mixture [10M]

(Specific Heat Capacity of Liquid Y is 450 J/kgC) Tf = 54.082 C

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 RPSCIENCE DEC 2018

JUN 2016:

a) State and describe TWO (2) concepts of heat transfer. [4M]

b) Three temperature scales that are commonly use are Fahrenheit, Celcius and Kelvin.
Convert the following units of temperature:
(i) 200 C to Kelvin [2M] 473.15K
(ii) 80 F to Kelvin [2M] 299.81 K
(iii) 120 K to Fahrenheit [2M] - 67.3 C

c) (i) Calculate the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 5 kg aluminium
from 10 C to 80 C. Specific heat capacity of aluminium is 900 J/kgC.
[4M] 31 500 J

(ii) A 50 g of gold at temperature of 200 C was placed in a container which contains

90 g of water. The equilibrium temperature of the mixture is 40 C. Calculate the
initial temperature of the water before it is mixed with gold.
(Specific heat capacity of gold is 129 J/kgC) [5M] 37.26 C

(iii) 450 g of vegetable oil at temperature of 60 C is poured into a well-insulated

beaker. Another 870 g of vegetable oil at 90 C is mixed and stirred well inside
the beaker. Calculate the final temperature of the mixture if there is no
interchange of heat from outside. [6M] 79.77 C

DEC 2015:

a) Define each of the following terms and state its SI unit:

(i) Heat [2M]
(ii) Temperature [2M]

b) Explain TWO (2) ways of heat transfer with examples. [6M]

c) A butcher puts 13kg of beef into freezer. The initial temperature of the beef is 27C.
After an hour, the temperature drops to xC. The amount of heat lost is -705.7 Joule.
Given the specific heat capacity of the beef is 2.81 J/kgC. Find the value of x.
[5M] 𝑥 = 7.682℃

d) Mr. Gold is hiding a 1355g of gold bar with a temperature 35C inside a tank full of
water with a temperature of 97C. If the mass of the water is 25kg, calculate the final
temperature of the gold bar.
(Specific heat capacity of gold is 129 J/kgC, Specific heat capacity of water is 4200
J/kgC) [10M] 𝜃𝑓 = 96.9℃

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 RPSCIENCE DEC 2018

JUN 2015:

a) Give TWO (2) differences between temperature and heat. [4M]

b) (i) Three process of heat transfer are convection, conduction and radiation. Briefly
explain what is convection. [3M]

(iii) A substance with a mass of 4.5kg absorbs heat of 6500 J when heated from 30C
to 60C. Find specific heat capacity of the substance. [3M] 𝑐 = 48.15 𝐽/𝑘𝑔℃

c) (i) Calculate the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of a mass of 2kg
copper at 25C to 35C. Given the specific heat capacity of copper is 400 J/kgC.
[3M] 𝑄 = 8000 𝐽

(ii) Calculate the final temperature of the water mixture if 100g of water at a
temperature of 85C was poured into 200g of water at 25C. Assume that there is
no loss of heat energy. [6M] 𝜃𝑓 = 45℃

(iii) A steel block with a mass of 30g and the temperature of 100C was put into a
container of water. The water temperature is 20C. If the temperature of the
mixture is 25C, calculate the mass of water in the container (unit kg). Given the
specific heat capacity of water is 4200 J/kgC and steel is 1400 J/kgC.
[6M] 𝑚𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟 = 0.15 𝑘𝑔
DEC 2014:

a) Give the definition for the following terms:

(i) Heat capacity [2M]
(ii) Specific heat capacity [2M]

b) State THREE (3) methods of heat transfer and explain the process of each method.
[6M]

c) The mass of X is 3.5kg while the mass of Y is m kg. Given that specific heat capacity
of X is 4200 J/kgC and Y is 390 J/kgC. The initial temperature of X is 28C and Y is
80C. When X and Y are mixed, the final temperature of the mixture is 65C.
Calculate: (assume that there is no heat lost to the surrounding)
(i) Heat of Y [4M] 𝑄𝑌 = 529 200 𝐽
(ii) Mass of Y [4M] 𝑚𝑌 = 90.46 𝑘𝑔
(iii) Heat capacity for Y [3M] 𝑐𝑌 = 35 280 𝐽/℃

d) A 4kg metal at temperature 600C is put into 3kg of water at temperature 30C . Find
the final temperature.
(Specific heat capacity of metal is 120 J/kgC, specific heat capacity of water is 4200 J/kgC)
[4M] 𝜃𝑓 = 50.92℃

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 RPSCIENCE DEC 2018

JUN 2014:

a) (i) Define temperature and state its SI unit [2M]

(ii) Define heat and state its SI unit [2M]

b) Explain about thermal equilibrium in the heat energy system. [3M]

c) Calculate the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 5kg iron from 20C
to 70C. Specific heat capacity of iron is 452 J/kgC. [3M] 𝑄 = 113 𝑘𝐽

d) A metal block with a mass of 0.5kg is heated to 100C in boiling water. It is then
transferred into a beaker containing 2kg of water at 27C. If the final temperature of
water in the beaker is 32C, determine the specific heat capacity of the metal.
Assume there is no energy loss of heat to the surroundings and ignore the heat that is
transferred to the beaker. [7M] 𝑐𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑎𝑙 = 1235.3 𝐽/𝑘𝑔℃

e) 0.1kg of water at 85C is added into 0.2kg of water at 25C. Calculate the final
temperature of the mixture. Given that specific heat capacity of water is 4200 J/kgC.
[8M] 𝜃𝑓 = 45℃

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