Regents Chemistry Test Preparation Practice

    Heat And Temperature

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    Base your answers to questions 9 on the information below and on your knowledge of chemistry.

    Water, H2O, and hexane, C6H14, are commonly used as laboratory solvents because they have different physical properties and are able to dissolve different types of solutes. Some physical properties of water and hexane are listed on the table below.

    heat-and-temperature fig: chem12020-exam_g14.png

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    Base your answers to questions 10 on the information below and on your knowledge of chemistry.

    Thermal energy is absorbed as chemical reactions occur during the process of baking muffins. The batter for muffins often contains baking soda, NaHCO3(s), which decomposes as the muffins are baked in an oven at 200.°C. The balanced equation below represents this reaction, which releases CO2(g) and causes the muffins to rise as they bake. The H2O(ℓ) is released into the air of the oven as it becomes a vapor.

    2NaHCO3(s) + heat → Na2CO3(s) + H2O(ℓ) + CO2(g)

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    Base your answers to questions 11 on the information below and on your knowledge of chemistry.

    • A test tube contains a sample of solid stearic acid, an organic acid.
    • Both the sample and the test tube have a temperature of 22.0°C.
    • The stearic acid melts after the test tube is placed in a beaker with

      320. grams of water at 98.0°C.

    • The temperature of the liquid stearic acid and water in the beaker reaches 74.0°C.
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    Base your answers to questions 12 on the information below and on your knowledge of chemistry.

    Carbon dioxide, CO2, changes from the solid phase to the gas phase at 1 atm and 194.5 K. In the solid phase, CO2 is often called dry ice. When dry ice sublimes in air at 298 K, the water vapor in the air can condense, forming a fog of small water droplets. This fog is often used for special effects at concerts and in movie-making.

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    Base your answers to questions 13 on the information below and on your knowledge of chemistry.

    A sample of a substance is a liquid at 65°C. The sample is heated uniformly to 125°C. The heating curve for the sample at standard pressure is shown below.

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    Base your answers to questions 14 on the information below and on your knowledge of chemistry.

    A student made a copper bracelet by hammering a small copper bar into the desired shape. The bracelet has a mass of 30.1 grams and was at a temperature of 21°C in the classroom. After the student wore the bracelet, the bracelet reached a temperature of 33°C. Later, the student removed the bracelet and placed it on a desk at home, where it cooled from 33°C to 19°C. The specific heat capacity of copper is 0.385 J/g•K.

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    Base your answers to questions 15 on the information below and on your knowledge of chemistry.

    A few pieces of dry ice, CO2(s), at −78°C are placed in a flask that contains air at 21°C. The flask is sealed by placing an uninflated balloon over the mouth of the flask. As the balloon inflates, the dry ice disappears and no liquid is observed in the flask.

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