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HL - The Particulate Nature of Matter

25 MCQ from 2025 Question Bank The Particulate Nature of Matter (all topics)

DP IB HL Physics Quiz

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1. If the radius of a segment of wire is doubled, and its length decreases by half, by what factor does the wire's resistance change?

 

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2. A light bulb is lit by  of energy being transferred to the bulb by a potential difference of . This transfer happens over a time of 2 seconds.

What is the current passing through the bulb?

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3. A spherical object of surface area  and absolute temperature  can be regarded as a black body. The power of the radiation emitted from the object is . What would be the power of the radiation emitted by an object with an absolute temperature of  and a surface area of A/2?

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4. 100 ml of water at 20oC is poured in an aluminum container and heated at a constant rate until all of the water is boiled. After time  water starts to boil, and at time  all of the water has boiled away.

Which of the following statements are correct?

  • I. If a glass container with the same mass is used instead of aluminum,  increases. ()
    II. If the container with water is thermally isolated,  decreases.
    III. If more water is added to the container,  increases.

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5. Which of the following average properties of the molecules inside piston containing an ideal gas piston stay constant when the piston expands at constant temperature?

  • I.  Intermolecular potential energy.
  • II.  Kinetic energy.
  • III.  Frequency of collisions.

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6. An inflated balloon containing an ideal gas at temperature T in degrees Celsius floats in a room where the atmospheric pressure is . The volume remains constant at V. If the balloon contains  moles of the gas, which of the following is true?

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7. Water in a beaker is heated on a hot plate at a rate . The graph shows the change in temperature of the water over time.

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Which graph correctly shows the new change in temperature of the water when the rate of thermal energy transfer is increased?

The original graph is shown by the dotted line.

 

 

A. B.
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C. D.
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8. Gas System A contains non-interacting molecules of negligible size at pressure , whilst Gas Systems B and C contain large, strongly interacting molecules at pressures  and P/2, respectively.

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Which line of the table correctly describes how closely the three systems resemble an ideal gas?

Most like ideal gas Second most like ideal gas Least like ideal gas
A. System A System B System C
B. System A System C System B
C. System B System A System C
D. System C System A System B

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9. An electron accelerates through a potential difference of . How much work is done on the electron by the field?

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10. A student constructed the series circuit below.

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After closing the switch, which of the following is true about how the temperature of component A and current in the circuit will change with time?

Temperature of A Current in the circuit
A. Increases Increases
B. Increases Decreases
C. Decreases Increases
D. Decreases Decreases

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11. An immersion heater of constant power output is used to supply thermal energy to a cup of water at 373 . The heater is turned on at time . Which graph shows a possible variation of temperature  of the water, with time ?

 

 

A. B.
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C. D.
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12. An area on the Earth's surface receives an average solar intensity of 250 W m^−2. What is the minimum area of photovoltaic cells needed to generate 2 kW of electrical power if the photocells operate at 40% efficiency?

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13. A circuit is connected across a  battery which provides  of electrical energy per second.

What is the rate of charge flow across the conductor?

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14. Systems A and B both consist of an ideal gas at initial temperature . In System A, the temperature of the gas is increased. In System B, gas molecules are added with the temperature of the system remaining constant.

Which of these statements about the total intermolecular potential energy of the two systems is correct?

System A System B
A. Potential energy increases Potential energy increases
B. Potential energy is constant Potential energy increases
C. Potential energy is constant Potential energy is constant
D. Potential energy increases Potential energy is constant

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15. Under what conditions of density and pressure does the following graph represent how the volume of a real gas varies with temperature at constant pressure?

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16. Water of mass m at an initial temperature of  is provided with thermal energy at a rate . Its temperature rises to  in time .

The rate of energy transfer is doubled and the mass of the water is halved. What is the final temperature, in time , if the initial temperature is again ?

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17. Two solid substances of equal mass are heated with the same power input. The graph below shows how the temperatures of the substances vary with time during heating.

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Which of the following statements are correct?

I. Substance A has a lower specific heat capacity than Substance B when they are in the same physical state.
II. The specific heat capacity of each substance is lower in the solid state than the liquid state.
III. Substance AA has a lower specific latent heat of fusion than Substance B.

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18. An ideal gas is enclosed in a container of fixed volume. When the temperature of the gas is, its pressure is p. Calculate the pressure in the gas when it is heated to .

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19. An electric circuit is connected as shown. An electric current of  flows through the electric cell with an internal resistance .

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What is the value for r?

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20. A cylinder of fixed volume contains  moles of an ideal gas at constant temperature. An additional  moles of the same gas is forced into the cylinder via a one-way valve without changing the temperature. Which of the following best explains the final pressure in the cylinder?

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21. An ideal gas is held in a container of volume  and at pressure . Gas is pumped into the container so that the number of molecules doubles and heat is added so that the average kinetic energy of the gas also doubles. The volume is adjusted so that the pressure remains constant. What is the new volume of the container?

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22. A wire carries electrical current. If 9.0×10^12 electrons pass a given point in the wire every 4.5 seconds, what is the current in the wire?

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23. The work done when 1 mole of a gas expands through an adiabatic process is .

What is the change in temperature of the gas?

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24. The variation of terminal potential difference  across an electric cell with current I coming out of the cell is shown in the graph.

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What are the values of the emf  and internal resistance  of the electric cell used in this circuit?

ϵ/V r / Ω
A.  9  2.0
B. 8 0.5 
C. 8 2.0 
D. 9 0.5 

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25. The diagram below shows a circuit connected to a 12  battery with negligible internal resistance.

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What is the value of the current I through the  resistor?

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