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# Question
1

Give the evidence for the validity of the first law of  thermodynamics.


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2

(i)Based on Wien`s displacement law, what would happen on a black body when constantly heated?
(ii) Estimate the rise in temperature of the gas if 60 Joule is supplied to 2 moles of helium gas placed inside an insulated container of a fixed volume.


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3

Why is it preferred to purchase a cooking utensil of low specific heat capacity?


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4

How does a fish survive in a pond during an extreme winter season even if the pond is deep frozen on the surface?


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5

The ice on a pond is 10 mm thick. If the temperature above and below its surface are 263 K and 273 K respectively; calculate the rate of heat transfer through the ice.


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6

Why water is preferred as a cooling agent in many automobile engines?


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7

A thermometer has wrong calibration as it reads the melting point of ice as -10°C. If it reads 40°C in a place where the temperature reads 30°C; determine the boiling point of water on this scale.


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8

Analyse three practical applications of thermal expansion of solids in daily life situations.


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9

A closed metal vessel containing water at 75°C, has a surface area of 0.5 m​ 2 and uniform thickness of 4.0 mm. If its outside temperature is 15°C, calculate the heat loss per minute by conduction.


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10

(i)Sketch the graph to illustrate how the energy radiated by a black body is distributed among various wavelengths.
(ii) What information would be drawn from the graph in (i)? Give three points.


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