Thermal physics — practice questions
23 curated practice questions from Thermal physics (Physics IGCSE, Cambridge (CIE)) — 11 medium, 9 easy, 3 hard. Every question includes the final answer free; step-by-step worked solutions with a free account.
- A substance can exist in three different states: solid, liquid or gas. Each of the two statements below describes a…
- The diagram represents particles of a gas inside a closed container of constant volume. The gas is heated. What happens…
- A student uses a microscope to observe pollen moving on the surface of water. Which statement describes the reason for…
- Gases, liquids and solids are made up of small particles. Which row gives the relative separation of the particles? gas…
- The diagrams represent the molecules in two different states of matter. The arrows show the motion of the molecules…
- A beaker of water, at its boiling point of 100 o C, is heated so that the liquid starts to become a gas, also at 100 o…
- A balloon is filled with air and tied closed. The balloon is placed in a refrigerator. What happens to the average…
- A syringe is half filled with air and sealed. The plunger is then pulled outwards, causing the volume of the gas to…
- Air is trapped inside a cylinder. The volume of the cylinder cannot change. The temperature of the air is increased…
- The list gives three properties of different states of matter. They cannot be compressed significantly. They can flow…
- Smoke particles are observed through a microscope. The smoke particles are seen to move in random, rapid motion. What…
- A sealed rigid container has a fixed volume. The container is filled with air. The container is placed in a freezer…
- Extended Tier Only When particles of a gas collide with a wall of a container, the wall experiences a pressure. What is…
- A sealed piston is used to expand a gas. No gas escapes during the process. What happens to both the density of the gas…
- Extended tier only In an experiment to determine the nature of liquids, some very tiny pollen grains are suspended in…
- Extended tier only A whale takes a breath at the surface of the ocean, where the pressure is 1.00 x 10 5 Pa. It then…
- A popular demonstration of kinetic theory is to view smoke particles through a microscope, while illuminating them with…
- Descriptions of two different states of matter are shown below. To which state of matter do each of the descriptions…
- A car tyre is inflated with air. As the car drives, the temperature of the tyre increases, which also causes the…
- A sealed yet empty (except for air) plastic drinks bottle is left outside in the sunshine on a warm day. Which row of…
- Some properties of a substance are listed. The particles vibrate about fixed positions. It has no fixed shape. It is…
- When a substance is heated and its temperature rises, which statement about its particles is correct?
- When using a microscope to look at smoke particles in air, Brownian motion is observed. What causes the smoke particles…