Answer key:

20. Choice H is the best answer. The heat lost/absorbed is directly proportional to the difference
in temperature. Choice F is not correct. By looking at the figure, this value corresponds to
approximately 20 BTU of heat that is released. Choice G is not correct. By looking at the figure,
this value corresponds to approximately 30 BTU of heat that is released. Choice H is correct,
as observed the value of heat released increases by 5 as the difference in temperature
increases by 2. Therefore, 35 BTU would correspond to temperature difference of 14 degrees
Fahrenheit and 40 BTU would correspond to temperature difference of 16 degrees
Fahrenheit. Choice I is not the correct answer since it will correspond to 50 BTU of heat that
will be released.

21. Choice C is the best answer. The heat absorbed/released is directly proportional to the mass
of the substance. Choice A is not correct; it approximately adds 6, which is the mass of the
coal, to the heat released. One will end up getting approximately 101. Choice B is not correct;
approximately 24 is added to value corresponding to 4 which is 96. One will end up getting
approximately 122. Choice C is correct. As observed the common ratio for the corresponding
x and y values is approximately 24 for all.
24.28 48.50 96.12 192.80
~ ~ ~ ~𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑥𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑡𝑜 24.
1 2 4 8
It can also be observed that the masses were only multiplied by 24 to get the heat released.
Therefore, for the value of 6 grams the heat that will be released is approximately 6 x 24 =
144. Choice D is not the correct answer because, 24 is subtracted to the value corresponding
to 8 which is incorrect.
22. Choice H is the best answer. Using Table 1, it can be observed that the amount of heat
released is directly proportional to the mass of the coa. Choice F is not the correct answer
since it only corresponds to 1 gram of sub-bituminous coal. Choice G is not the correct answer
since instead of tripling the value of heat released, it is divided into 3. Choice H is correct.
Using Figure 2, it can be observed that the amount of heat released by 1 gram of sub-
bituminous coal is 8 degrees Fahrenheit. Therefore for 3 grams, which is 3 times of 1 grams,
the value of heat that will be released will be 60 Btu. The value of heat released will also be
tripled. Choice J is not the correct answer since it is the value of heat that will be released for
bituminous coal.
23. Choice A is the best answer. It can be observed that as the change in temperature of the coals
increase, the value of the heat released also increases, which is best describe by the graph in
choice A. Graph in C also imply direct relationship however, without change in temperature,
there will also be no heat that will be released. That falsify letter C. Choices B and D both have
constant region in which at certain point the value of the heat released remains constant even
though there are changes in temperature which makes both incorrect.
24. Choice G is the best answer. Using Figure 2 and Table 3, as the percent by mass of carbon
increases the heat released also increases. Choice F is not correct. One may think that low
percent of oxygen corresponds to high amount of carbon which is not always true since other
elements maybe present which may affect the percentage of carbon. Choice G is correct.
Anthracite has the highest heating value which corresponds to high amount of carbon.
 Moreover, brown coal has the lowest heating value which also correspond to its low amount
of carbon.
Both choice H and J are incorrect since clearly, amount of carbon affects the heating value.
25. The correct answer is D, data and figure given are not enough to justify that there is/are
relationship between mass and change in temperature. No figure/data is given to relate
change in mass for different types of coals to identify the type of coal. It follows that choices
A, B, and C are incorrect.
26. Choice F is the best answer. Roman numeral I is correct since mass and heat released is
directly proportional. A decrease in mass would also mean a decrease in heat that will be
released. Roman numeral II is correct. Since the temperature is measured at the cooler part
of water, the temperature that will be measured is much lower compared to the true
measurement which can cause decrease in change in temperature. Roman numeral III is
incorrect since it will cause larger increase in heat that will be released.
The correct answer will be F.