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Heat is transferred by conduction, convection and radiation.

(a) (i) State which of the three methods is responsible for the transfer of heat from the Sun to the Earth.
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(ii) Explain why the other two methods cannot be involved in this transfer.
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(b) A hand feels hot when placed above a lighted match, as shown in Fig. 2.1.

Fig. 2.1

Explain in detail how convection causes this to happen.

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(c) Fig. 2.2 shows a layer of fibreglass placed between the ceiling of a room and the roof of a house.

Fig. 2.2
Explain how the layer of fibreglass helps to keep the room warm when it is cold outside.
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2.

Three horizontal rods are placed with one end just above a Bunsen flame. The other end of each rod is
coated with wax, as shown in Fig. 3.1.

Fig. 3.1

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(a) Describe how you would use the apparatus to discover which rod is the best conductor of heat.
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(b) Two metal teapots are identical except that one is black on the outside and the other is white on the
outside, as shown in Fig. 3.2.

Fig. 3.2

The teapots each contain the same amount of hot water.

State and explain which teapot will cool down more quickly.
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3.

Fig. 5.1 shows a shallow dish containing a liquid that evaporates easily. The bulb of a thermometer is
held in the liquid. A jet of air is blown over the surface of the liquid, so that the liquid evaporates
rapidly.

Fig. 5.1

(a) State what happens to the reading shown on the thermometer.

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(b) Explain your answer to (a) in terms of the behaviour of the molecules of the liquid.
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(c) State one example in everyday life where the effect demonstrated by this experiment occurs.
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4.

Fig. 4.2 shows a copper block of mass 1.8 kg with two holes in the top. An 80 W heater is placed in one
hole and a thermometer in the other.

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Fig. 4.2

The heater is switched on for 5.0 minutes. Assume that no energy is lost from the block.
(i)
Calculate the energy supplied to the block.
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energy supplied = .....................................(10)

(ii) The specific heat capacity of copper is 390 J / (kg C). Calculate the rise in temperature of the block.
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temperature rise = .....................................(10)

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