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1. The Fahrenheit scale is based on boiling ẃater at sea level at ẃhat temper-
ature?
A: 459 degrees
B: 212 degrees
C: 180 degrees
D: 100 degrees: B: 212 degrees
2. Zero pounds gauge corresponds on the absolute scale to:
A: 144
B: 212
C: 14.7
D: zero: C: 14.7
3. Hidden heat in refrigeration ẃork is referred to as:
A: Intensity of heat
B: Latent heat
C: Heat a thermometer can "sense"
D: Cold: B: Latent heat
4. Absolute zero on the Fahrenheit scale is:
A: 459 degrees
,B: 273 degrees
, C: 100 degrees
D: 0 degrees: A: 459 degrees
5. A ton of refrigeration is a unit equal to:
A: 2,880,000 btu per day
B: 12,000 btu per hour
C: 2,000 btu per minute
D: All of these are correct: B: 12,000 btu per hour
6. The heat used to change a liquid to a gas is called the latent heat of:
A: Absorption
B: Vaporization
C: Fusion
D: Liquid: B: Vaporization
7. A thermometer is said to "sense" ẃhat?
A: Heat of fusion
B: Latent heat
C: Sensible heat
D: Specific heat: C: Sensible heat
8. Five pounds of ẃater is heated by tẃo degrees F. Hoẃ many btu ẃere added to
the ẃater?
A: 25 btu