Physics 0625 · IGCSE · Thermal properties and temperature

Thermal properties and temperature — practice question

Two separate pure substances X and Y are heated. At the start, both substance X and substance Y are in the solid state. The graph shows how the temperature of each substance varies with time. What does the graph show about the substances?

  • ASubstance X has a lower boiling point than substance Y.
  • BSubstance X has a lower melting point than substance Y.
  • CSubstance Y has a lower boiling point than substance X.
  • DSubstance Y has a lower melting point than substance X.

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