DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL, BOPAL, AHMEDABAD

CLASS 7 CH-4: HEAT CLASS NOTES

Q1) Define the following

1. CONDUCTION: The process conduction.(HW- page 40, below fig4.7)

2. INSULATORS: The materials insulators.
(HW- page 41, right column, 2
nd
paragraph)

3. RADIATION: The process of transmission of heat in which heat energy travels in straight lines
from hotter to cooler areas without having any intervening medium is called radiation.

4. CONVECTION: The process of transmission of heat in fluids in which molecules move in definite
current, carrying heat with them.

TEXTUAL QUESTIONS: (To be done in CW)

1. State similarities and differences between the laboratory thermometer and the clinical
thermometer.
Ans-SIMILARITIES: (1) Both thermometer consist of long narrow uniform glass tubes
(2) Both have a glass bulb at one end
(3) Both contain mercury in the bulb
(4) Both contain Celsius scale on the glass tube.

DIFFERENCES:
(1) A clinical thermometer reads temperature from 35
o
Celsius to 45
o
Celsius. While the range
of laboratory thermometer is from -10
o
to 110
o
Celsius
(2) Clinical thermometer has a kink near the bulb while there is no kink in the laboratory
thermometer. Due to kink mercury does not fall down on its own.

2. H.W.
3. Do in Text Book
a. Touching b. Clinical c. Celsius d. Radiation
e. Conduction f. Dark

4. Do in Text Book
Ans:- (i) (d) (ii) (c) (iii) (b) (iv) (a)

5. Discuss why wearing more layers of clothing during winter keeps us warmer than wearing
just one thick piece of clothing.
Ans- More layers of clothing keep us warm in winters as they have a lot of space between them.
This space gets filled up with air. Air being a bad conductor, does not allow the body heat to
escape out.






6. To be done in Text Book
Ans-


7. In places of hot climate it is advised that the outer walls of houses be painted white. Explain.
Ans: White colour reflects most of the heat that falls on it and therefore, we feel more
comfortable in the house. This is why it is advised that the outer walls of houses be painted
white, in places of hot climate.

Q. 8, 9, 10, 11 - Do in Text Book
Answers: Q. 8. (d) Between 30C and 50C
Q. 9. (b) Not flow from iron ball to water or from water to iron ball.
Q. 10. (d) Does not become cold.
Q. 11. (c) Copper is a better conductor of heat than the stainless steel.

EXTRA QUESTIONS: (SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS)

1. Mercury is used in thermometer instead of water .Give reason.
Ans: i) Mercury expands more than water
ii) Mercury does not stick on the walls of the thermometer like water.
iii) It can be easily collected when thermometer breaks.

2. Explain clinical thermometer with the help of neat labelled diagram
Ans: Draw figure 4.2 from text book (Page 36)
1. A clinical thermometer consists of a long, narrow, uniform glass tube.
2. It has a bulb at one end. This bulb contains mercury.
3. It is used to measure the temperature of human body.
4. The normal temperature of human body in clinical thermometer is 37C or 98.4F

3. How does heat travel in water?
Ans: When water is heated, the water in the bottom of the vessel gets hot. Hot water rises up.
The cold water from the sides moves down towards the bottom or source of heat. This water
also gets hot and rises & water again moves down. This process continues till the whole water
gets heated. This mode of heat transfer is known as convection.


4. What do you mean by conduction mode of transfer of heat energy?
Ans: The process by which heat is transferred from hotter end to colder end of an object is
called conduction. In this process, molecules of the substance do not move but heat energy is
transferred. In solids, the heat is transferred by the process of conduction.

5. Differentiate between:
HEAT TEMPERATURE
1. It is the form of energy 1. It is a thermal condition of body.
2. Its SI unit is joule 2. Its SI unit is Kelvin
3. It flows from one object to other object
when there is a difference in temperature.
3. It is quantity that indicates whether or not
and in which direction heat will flow.
4. In the transmission of heat total amount of
heat remains unchanged.
4. In the transmission of heat temperature does
not remain same.

6. H.W. (Frame answer yourself)
a. What is a laboratory thermometer?
b. What are the precautions needed while reading a laboratory thermometer?
c. What are the precautions needed while reading a clinical thermometer?

LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS
1. Explain the sea breeze & land breeze. (Draw diagram also)
Ans: During the day. the sea breeze. (Page-42, right column, 2
nd
paragraph)
At night the land breeze. (Page-42, right column, 2
nd
paragraph)

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