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Constructed Response . Topic 1: Matter and Energy



Set E : Data interpretation, graphing, phase change diagram, heat calculation.


Base your answers to questions 18 – 22 on the information below.

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A substance is a solid at 15 C . A student heated a sample of the substance and recorded the temperature

at one-minute intervals in the data table below.

Time (m in) 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

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Temperature ( C) 15 32 46 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 60 65


Heating Curve



18. On the grid , mark an appropriate

o
scale on the axis labeled “ Temperature ( C) .”

An appropriate scale is one that allows a

trend to be seen.





19 . Plot the data from the data table.

Circle and connect the points

Temperature ( o C)



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0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Time ( min)


Write your answers on this side.

20. Based on the data table, what is the melting 20.

point of the substance?




21. What is the evidence that the average kinetic 21.

energy of the particles of the substance is increasing

during the first three minutes?





22. The heat of fusion for this substance is 122 joules per gram. 22.

How many joules of heat are needed to melt 7.50 grams of

this substance at its melting point




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