Senior High School: 11th and 12th Grade - Physics - Energy - Transfer Of Energy Solution

Q.1.

What factors affect evaporation?

Q.2.

How does convection occur?

Q.3.

What is condensation?

Q.4.

Which of the following best explains evaporation?

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Rapid moving/vibrating atoms interact with neighbor atoms transferring kinetic energy
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High energy particles break free of the liquid at the surface
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The particles heat independently of one another
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High energy particles break free from the liquid throughout the whole container

Q.5.

What factors affect the amount of condensation that occurs?

Q.6.

Which material would be best to use as an insulator against heat loss?

Q.7.

What effect causes energy to be transferred at a faster rate between an object and its surroundings?

Q.8.

Which of the following statements best describes our understanding of how conduction of heat occurs?

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Vibrating atoms interact with neighbor atoms transferring kinetic energy
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Vaporization of a liquid occurring on the surface of the liquid
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The particles heat independently of one another
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The hot particles rise whilst the cooler particles fall towards the heat source

Q.9.

What does the rate at which an object transfers energy by heat depend on?

Q.10.

Which material is best at conducting heat?