$A$ copper block of mass $2.5\; kg$ is heated in a furnace to a temperature of $500\; ^{\circ}C$ and then placed on a large ice block. What is the maximum amount of ice (in $kg$) that can melt? (Specific heat of copper $= 0.39\; J\; g^{-1}\; K^{-1}$; heat of fusion of water $= 335\; J\; g^{-1}$)

How much energy will be released by cooling $1\,kg$ of water up to a temperature of $10\,^{\circ}C$?

An amount of ice of mass $10^{-3} \ kg$ and temperature $-10^{\circ} C$ is transformed to vapour of temperature $110^{\circ} C$ by applying heat. The total amount of heat required for this conversion is,(Take,specific heat of ice $= 2100 \ J \ kg^{-1} \ K^{-1}$,specific heat of water $= 4180 \ J \ kg^{-1} \ K^{-1}$,specific heat of steam $= 1920 \ J \ kg^{-1} \ K^{-1}$,Latent heat of ice $= 3.35 \times 10^5 \ J \ kg^{-1}$ and Latent heat of steam $= 2.25 \times 10^6 \ J \ kg^{-1}$) (in $J$)

Heat is being supplied at a constant rate to a sphere of ice which is melting at the rate of $0.1 \, g/s$. It melts completely in $100 \, s$. The rate of rise of temperature thereafter will be ........ $^\circ C/s$ (Assume no loss of heat.)

An earthen pitcher used in summer cools water in it essentially by evaporation of water from its porous surface. If a pitcher carries $4 \,kg$ of water and the rate of evaporation is $20 \,g$ per hour,the temperature of water in it decreases by $\Delta T$ in two hours. The value of $\Delta T$ is close to ........... $^{\circ} C$ (ratio of latent heat of evaporation to specific heat of water is $540^{\circ} C$).

What type of changes occur in an object by heating it?