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SQA National 5 Physics Area 4 Properties of Matter overview quiz quiz

14questions. Pick an answer and you'll see why right away.

  1. What does the specific heat capacity of a material tell you?

  2. Which relationship gives the energy for a temperature change?

  3. Energy needed to heat 3.0 kg of water by 10 C (c = 4180 J/kg/C) is:

  4. Why does the temperature stay constant while a substance melts?

  5. Which relationship gives the energy for a change of state?

  6. Energy to melt 0.50 kg of ice (L = 334000 J/kg) is:

  7. What causes the pressure of a gas, according to the kinetic model?

  8. To use the temperature gas laws, temperatures must be in:

  9. Convert 27 degrees Celsius to kelvin.

  10. A gas at 100 kPa and 0.40 cubic metres is compressed at constant temperature to 0.10 cubic metres. The new pressure is:

  11. At constant volume, heating a gas raises its pressure because the particles:

  12. Which relationship defines pressure?

  13. A force of 60 N acts on an area of 0.30 square metres. What is the pressure?

  14. Why does a sharp knife cut more easily than a blunt one?