1999 - WAEC Physics Past Questions and Answers - page 2
A trolley of mass 4kg moving on a smooth horizontal platform with a speed of 1.0ms-1 collides perfectly with a stationary trolley of the same mass on the same platform. Calculate the total momentum of the two trolleys immediately after the collision.
The ice point of an ungraduated mercury-in-glass thermometer is X, while its steam point is 90o. This thermometer reads 60o when the true temperature is 40oC Calculate the value of X.
Iron at 30oC feels colder to the hand than wood at 28oC because
An iron rod of length 50m and at a temperature of 60oC is heated to 70oC. Calculate its new length. (Linear expansivity of iron = 1.2 x 10-5K-1)
The heat capacity of a substance is the energy
The temperature of a piece of metal of mass 9 g is raised from 10oC to 110oC when it absorbs 108J of heat energy. Determine the specific heat capacity of the metal in J kg-1K-1
Which of the following statements is not correct?
Calculate the heat energy required to change 0.1kg of ice at 0oC to water boiling at 100oC. (Specific heat capacity of water = 4200 J kg-1K-1) (Specific latent heat of fusion of ice = 336,000 J kg-1)
Which of the following statements about evaporation is not correct?
Calculate the power rating of an immersion heater used for 10 minutes to increase the temperature of 10kg of water by 15K. (Specific heat capacity of water = 4200 J l-1