Q1. A cup should keep a hot beverage warm for as long as possible.

The diagram shows three

cups designed to take on a camping trip. All three cups are the same size and the same colour and
finish.

(i) Explain why when you hold a hot drink in cup A it is likely to cool down more quickly than a
hot drink in cup B.
(3 marks)
(ii) Cup C is made from the same plastic as cup B. Explain why cup C is likely to keep the drink
warmer for longer than cup B.
(3 marks)
(c) Walkers and campers are often advsed to take a 'survival blanket' with them. A survival
blanket is made of a light, thin, shiny material.
Explain which feature of the blanket's design would enable a person to retain body heat.
(2 marks)
Q2.The U-value of a material tells you how much energy passes through the material every
second, for every square metre of material, for every degree difference between the inside and
outside temperature.

The table below shows the U-values for materials used in various parts of a house:
Material

U-value /W m-2 oC-1

brick cavity wall

1.5

brick insulated cavity wall

0.5

single glazed windows

5.0

double glazed windows

3.0

(a) Imagine your bedroom has an uninsulated cavity outside wall which measures 2.0 m by 4.0
m. Within the wall is a double glazed window which measures 1.0 m by 1.0 m.
(i) What is the area of the brick part of the wall of the room? (2 marks)
(ii) What is the area of the glass part of the wall of the room? (1 mark)
(iii) How much energy is lost through the walls every second when the temperature difference
between the outside and inside is 10oC? (2 marks)
(iv) How much energy is lost through the window every second when the temperature difference
between the outside and inside is 10oC? (2 marks)
(v) What is the total amount of energy lost through the wall and window? (1 mark)
(vi) Explain why double glazing reduces the amount of energy escaping through the windows. (2
marks)
(b) In a typical three-bedroomed semi-dateched house, the cost of Do-it-Yourself double glazing
is about 1400. If the heating system in the house uses gas, the householder could expect to save
about 50 a year on heating costs.

(i) How many years would it take for the householder to cover the cost of installing the double
glazing from the savings on heating bills? (2 marks)
(ii) Quite a lost of householders choose to fit replacement double glazed windows, but fewer put
in cavity wall insulation. Suggest a reason for this. (2 marks)