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1 What is the unit of energy?

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2 Danny took a can of lemonade out of the fridge and put it on the table.
a What happened to the temperature of the lemonade in the can?
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[1 mark]
b Danny left the can of lemonade on the kitchen table. Suggest what temperature the
lemonade will be after 2 hours.
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[1 mark]
c Ravi took a can of lemonade out of the fridge, and
put it into a foam container. He left the container
on the kitchen table. His lemonade stayed cold
longer than Dannys. Give the reason for this.
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[1 mark]
3 How do each of the drawings (a, b and c) show heat being transferred? Choose your answer
from: conduction, convection or radiation.
a

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b
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c
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4 Mary tested three different insulating materials. She wrapped each material around a beaker
of hot water and measured the temperature of the water every minute for 10 minutes.

90

Temperature (C)

85
80
75
material A

70

material B
65

material C

60
0

4
5
6
Time (minutes)

10

The graph shows her results.

a What was the temperature at the beginning of the experiment?.
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b Two of Marys temperature readings do not look correct. Draw a circle around these readings.
[1 mark]
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c Mary could have just measured the temperature of the water after 10 minutes. Suggest why
the way she did it was better.

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5 Metals are good conductors of heat.
a Each circle in the diagrams below represents a particle of a substance. Put a ring around the
diagram which shows the arrangement of particles in a solid.
A

[2 marks]
b Explain how metals conduct heat, using ideas about particles.
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6 a The statement below explain how energy is transferred through the water in the kettle.
Complete each sentence with the correct letters from the diagram.
i The water cools and becomes more dense at

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A

ii The cool water sinks to __ where it passes over the heater.

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[1 mark]

B
D

b Why does the water rise after passing over the heater?
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c Heat passes through the sides of the kettle by conduction but not convection.
Why does convection not happen in solid materials?
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d Draw the convection current on this diagram.
ice cube

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7 This graph shows how the temperature of a pure solid changes as it is heated.

Temperature (C)

E
D
C
X

B
A

Time

a Write the correct letter from the graph (AE) next to each statement.
i This is the melting point of the substance.
ii Where is the substance a liquid?

__________.

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iii Where is the substance formed from closely parked, regularly arranged particles?
__________.
iv Where can the substance be squeezed into a smaller volume?

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8 A bimetallic strip is made of two different metals. When heated, the metals expand by different
amounts and the bimetallic strip will bend.
A

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Rhian heated ten metre rods of four different metals to the same temperature. The table shows the
expansion (increase in length) of each rod.
Material

Expansion of a 10 metre rod (mm)

brass

19

iron

12

platinum alloy

steel

11

a Complete the sentences below to show which combination of metals would cause the
bimetallic strip to bend most when it is heated?
Metal A should be

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Metal B should be

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[1 mark]

b What happens to a hot bimetallic strip when it is cooled back to room temperature? Explain
your answer.
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