TALLER DE CALOR

MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.

1) Cuanto calor se debe adicionar a un bloque de hielo de 8 kg a -16°C para transformarlo en agua a 1)
17°C?
A) 260 kcal B) 900 kcal C) 200 kcal D) 770 kcal E) 840 kcal

2) Un calorímetro de 80 g de aluminio contiene 380 g de agua a temperatura de equilibrio de 20° C. 2)

Una pieza metálica de 120 g, inicialmente a 352° C, se introduce en el calorímetro. La temperatura
final en equilibrio es de 32° C. Considerar que no existe intercambio de calor con el exterior. Las
capacidades térmicas específicas del aluminio y del agua son 910 y 4190 J/kg · K, respectivamente.
La capacidad térmica específica del metal corresponde a:
A) 520 J/kg · K B) 350 J/kg · K C) 390 J/kg · K D) 480 J/kg · K

3) At room temperature, a typical person loses energy to the surroundings at the rate of 62.0 W. If this 3)
energy loss has to be made up by an equivalent food intake, how many Calories does this person
need to consume every day just to make up this heat loss?
A) 1400 Calories B) 1280 Calories C) 1340 Calories D) 1040 Calories

4) 330 g of water at 45°C are poured into an 855 g aluminum container with an initial temperature of 4)
10°C. The specific heat of aluminum is 900 J/(kg·K). What is the final temperature of the system,
assuming no heat is exchanged with the surroundings?
A) 32°C B) 28°C C) 31°C D) 35°C E) 33°C

5) A 400-g piece of metal at 120°C is dropped into a cup containing 450 g of water at 15.0°C. The final 5)
temperature of the system is 40.0°C. What is the specific heat of the metal, assuming no heat is
exchanged with the surroundings or the cup?
A) 3420 J/(kg·K) B) 4280 J/(kg·K) C) 1470 J/(kg·K) D) 3780 J/(kg·K)

6) An 80-g aluminum calorimeter contains 380 g of water at an equilibrium temperature of 20°C. A 6)

120-g piece of metal, initially at 352°C, is added to the calorimeter. The final temperature at
equilibrium is 32°C. Assume there is no external heat exchange. The specific heats of aluminum
and water are 910 J/kg·K and 4190 J/kg·K, respectively. The specific heat of the metal is closest to
A) 390 J/kg · K. B) 350 J/kg · K. C) 480 J/kg · K. D) 520 J/kg · K.

7) A person makes ice tea by adding ice to 1.8 kg of hot tea, initially at 80°C. How many kilograms of 7)
ice, initially at 0.00°C, are required to bring the mixture to 10°C? The heat of fusion of ice is 334
kJ/kg, and we can assume that tea has essentially the same thermal properties as water, so its
specific heat is 4190 J/(kg·K).
A) 1.0 kg B) 1.7 kg C) 1.5 kg D) 1.2 kg E) 1.4 kg

8) Steam will burn the skin more severely than boiling water because of water's relatively large 8)
A) emmisivity. B) specific heat. C) latent heat. D) conductivity.

9) The specific heat of ice is about ________ the specific heat of liquid water. 9)
A) half B) double
C) one tenth D) 3 times greater than

10) The process whereby heat flows in the absence of any medium is referred to as 10)
A) conduction. B) evaporation. C) convection. D) radiation.
11) You blow on food to cool it. Blowing increases 11)
A) the latent heat. B) convection. C) conduction. D) radiation.

12) If 40 kcal of heat is added to 2.0 kg of water, what is the resulting temperature change? 12)
A) 20C° B) 80C° C) 0.05C° D) 60C° E) 40C°

13) How much heat is needed to raise the temperature of 200 g of lead (c = 0.11 kcal/kg ·°C) by 10 C°? 13)
A) 2000 cal B) 33.0 cal C) 20 kcal D) 330 cal

14) 150 kcal of heat raises the temperature of 2.0 kg of material by 400 F°. What is the material's 14)
specific heat capacity?
A) 1.35 kcal/kg·C°
B) 0.19 kcal/kg·C°
C) 0.75 kcal/kg·C°
D) 0.34 kcal/kg·C°
E) 1.31 kcal/kg·C°

15) Ice has a latent heat of fusion of 80 kcal/kg. How much heat is required to melt 200 g of ice? 15)
A) 160 J B) 16 kJ C) 400 J D) 32 kJ E) 67 kJ

16) 50 g of lead (c = 0.11 kcal/kg ·°C) at 100°C is put into 75 g of water at 0°C. What is the final 16)
temperature of the mixture?
A) 13°C B) 50°C C) 6.8°C D) 2°C E) 25°C

17) A 0.10 kg piece of copper, initially at 95°C, is dropped into 0.20 kg of water contained in a 0.28-kg 17)
aluminum can; the water and aluminum are initially at 15°C. What is the final temperature of the
system?
A) 7.89°C B) 17.8°C C) 23.7°C D) 19.2°C E) 18.3°C

18) Which of the following represents the "Mechanical Equivalent of Heat"? 18)
A) 1 ft-lb = 1.36 Joules
B) 1 cal = 3.97 × 10-3 BTU
C) 1. J = 1 kg·m2 / s 2
D) 1.00 J = 0.239 cal
E) 1. eV = 1.6 × 10-19 J

19) The heat required to change a substance from the liquid to the vapor state is referred to as the 19)
A) heat of evaporation. B) heat of vaporization.
C) heat of condensation. D) heat of fusion.

20) A jogger is running outdoors on a cold day when the temperature is -20.0°C. She is breathing at 20)
the rate of 25 breaths per minute, and each time she breathes in she inhales 0.00450 m3 of air. How
much heat does she lose from breathing during 20.0 minutes of jogging if the air in her lungs is
heated to her body temperature of 37.0°C before it is exhaled? The specific heat of air is 1020 J/kg ·
K and the density of air under typical conditions is 1.29 kg/m3 .
A) 278 kJ B) 169 kJ C) 543 kJ D) 431 kJ E) 354 kJ