Heating Curve Worksheet
1. During which section(s) of the graph is the temperature remaining constant?
a) #1 only
b) #2 only
c) #1, #3, #5
d) #2, #4
2. What is happening to the average kinetic energy of the molecules in the sample during Section 2? It is:
a) Increasing
b) Decreasing
c) Staying the same
d) Fluctuating
3. As the substance goes through Section 2, what happens to the distance between the particles? It:
a) Increases
b) Decreases Only if the substance is water… water is strange! Most solids have a higher
density/tighter packing than their liquid state.
c) Stays the same
d) Fluctuates
4. What is the name of the process happening during Section 4?
a) Condensation
b) Melting/Fusion
c) Vaporization
d) Sublimation
5. What would be the name of the process happening during Section 4 if time were going the other way?
a) Condensation
b) Melting/Fusion
c) Vaporization
d) Sublimation
6. What is the melting point of this substance?
a) 0 min
b) 100 min
c) 100 °C
d) 0 °C
7. What would be the expected freezing point of this substance?
a) 0 min
b) 100 min
c) 100 °C
d) 0 °C
8. What is the boiling point of this substance?
a) 10 °C
b) 110 °C
c) 100 °C
d) 0 °C
9. At what temperature would this sample finish boiling?
a) 10 °C
b) 110 °C
c) 100 °C
d) 0 °C
10. Based on the melting and boiling points, could we identify the substance?
a) No, all substances melt at 0°C, and boil at 100 °C, therefore this information is not helpful to
identifying the substance.
b) No, melting points cannot provide proof of an unknown's identity, since they change depending
on the amount of substance present.
c) Yes, we can predict that the substance is water (H2O), since the melting point and boiling point
values are consistent with those of water at standard pressure.
d) Yes, we can predict that the substance is water (H2O), since water’s melting point and boiling
point values are always 0°C, and 100 °C respectively.
11. When this substance (H2O) is melting, the temperature of the solid–liquid (ice-water) mixture remains
constant because:
a) Heat is not being absorbed
b) The ice is colder that the water
c) Heat energy is being converted to potential energy
d) Heat energy is being converted to kinetic energy
12. When a given quantity of water is heated at a constant rate, the phase change from liquid to gas takes
longer than the phase change from solid to liquid because:
a) The heat of vaporization is greater than the heat of fusion
b) The heat of fusion is greater than the heat of vaporization
c) The average kinetic energy of the molecules is greater in steam than in water
d) Ice absorbs energy more rapidly than water does
13. The temperature at which a substance in the liquid state freezes, is the same as the temperature at which
the substance:
a) Melts
b) Sublimes
c) Boils
d) Condenses
