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What units are used to measure heat intensity?

Important Questions on Measurement and Effects of Heat

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Ice is used in a cooler in order to cool its contents. Which of the following will speed up the cooling process?
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A thin paper cup filled with water does not catch fire when placed over a flame. This is because
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Name the physical quantity which is measured in calories. How is calorie related to the SI unit of that quantity?
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Let heat is not lost by any other process between two objects in thermal contact, "Net heat lost (by hot body)=Net heat gain (by cold body)."

Above statement indicates a principle. Write the name of that principle.

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On what factors do the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of an object up to some fixed temperature depend?
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A Kelvin thermometer and a Fahrenheit thermometer both give the same reading for a certain sample. What would be the corresponding reading in a Celsius thermometer?
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What would be the final temperature of a mixture of 50 g of water at 20 °C temperature and 50 g of water at 40 °C temperature?
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A calorimeter has mass 100 g and specific heat 0.1 kcal/kg. It contains 250 gm of liquid at 30  having a specific heat of 0.4 kcal/kg. If we drop a piece of ice of mass 10 g at 0 , What will be the temperature of the mixture? (Take Specific latent heat of fusion of ice as 80 calg)
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Heating effect per second of current t flowing through a conductor of resistance R when a voltage V is applied across it for 1 second is:
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What temperature is the same on the Celsius scale as well as on the Fahrenheit scale?
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Cooking gas containers are kept in a lorry moving with uniform speed. The temperature of the gas molecules inside will:
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On what factors does the heat required by an object to increase its temperature depends?
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At what temperature (in degree celsius), the numerical values on Celsius and Fahrenheit scales become equal?
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How to determine the specific heat of liquid by using the method of mixtures?
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In the following problem, there is one question and three statements I, II and III given below the question. You have to decide whether the data given in the statements is sufficient to answer the question. Read all the statements carefully and find out which of the given statements is/are sufficient to answer the given question. Choose the correct alternative.

In which year was Amit born?
Statements:
I. Amit is six years older than Mahesh.
II. Mahesh's brother was born in 1982.
II. Amit's brother is 8 years younger than Mahesh's brother who is nine years younger than Mahesh.
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200gm of a solid ball at 20°C is dropped in an equal amount of water at 80°C. The resulting temperature is 60°C. This means specific heat of solid is -
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How many thermometers are used in Hope's apparatus?
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In a barometer, mercury is preferred over water because:
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What happens to the level of mercury in the barometer tube when it is taken down to a coal mine?