1.

What is the equivalent of

9. Which of the following is
true
and the water molecules for popcom
(a) 0° C on Fahrenheit
scale
popping ?
inside them keme
(b) 100°C on Fahrenheit scale during
(a) The temperature of the kenels
(c) 0°C on Kelvin scale increases
ases.
(b) The water molecules are
(d) 100°C on Kelvin scale ? destroyed,
characteris- (c) The kinetic energy of the water
2. Which of the following properties are
increases. molecule
tic of mercury ?
(d) The mass of the water molecules changes
(a) high boiling point 10. While making popcorn, you would have
(b) easily seen found ou
that most of the kernels did not pop. What
might
(c) very low freezing point be the reason? What could you do to try to make
(d) good conductor of heat more of the kernels pop ?
3. Which would be suitable for measuring tempera- 11. Fill in the blanks
tures at the Arctic an alcohol thermometer or a
-

(a) The hotness of an object is determined by is

mercury thermometer ?
4. Would an alcohol thermometer be suitable
for de- of boiling water cannot be meas-
(b) Temperature
termining the temperature of boiling water ? ured by a thermometer.
5. For a rise in temperature of 10 degrees C, mercury No medium is required for transfer of heat by
thermometer tube.
(c)
expands by rising 5 cm up a
the process of
What distance would the mercury travel if the in a cup of hot
(d) A cold steel spoon is dipped
cross-sectional area of the tube were halved ? other end by the
milk. It transfers heat to its
6. The column of mercury in a thermometer is 2 cm
long when the temperature is 0°C, and 12 cm long
process of
heat beter than
(e) Clothes of colours absorb
when the temperature is 100°C. What is the tem
clothes of light colours.
perature when the column is 7 cm long? cooled
(f) Most substances when they are
7. A hot copper pan is dropped into a tube of water. scale or the_
If the water's temperature rises, what happens to (g) Scientists use either the
the temperature of the pan ? How will you know scale. energy
kinetic
when the water and copper pan reach thermal as average
(h) Temperature
equilibrium ? decreases.
used to measure
8. Answer the following questions: () The thermometer which is thermom

(1) What temperature on the Celsius scale is equiva- person's temperature is calleda
lent to 373 K ? eter. concrec
made in
(2) Absolute is 0 K. What is the equivalent
zero ) Narrow tar-filled gaps are

temperature on the Celsius scale ? On the Fahr- roads to allow for level. atA
(k) When the flask is heated the liquidbecause
enheit scale ? Une

(3) Which temperature is colder, 0°F or 200 K ? is

falls slightly before it rises; this
(4) Convert the following Celsius temperatures to expands first.
Fahrenheit and then to Kelvin, rounding otf to () Heat is a form of
the nearest degree flint.
lighter
(m) The sparks from a cigarettedo not burm u
h es k i n

(a) 4°C (b) 12°C

high temperature, theybut
(5) Normal body temperature is 98.6°F. Neeta has because they contain very little if
a
temperature of 38.5°C. Does Neeta have a (n) A body will gain heat from its surrou sur
fever ? of its
its temperature is than that
(6) The 1emperature night on a is
265 K. Will water left in the supposed roundings.
to be a r e callea

ar
freeze?
bucket outside (O) Materials which do not conduct heat
 neat
Woolen clothes are good heat insulators because
(nl (c) flow from water to iron ball;
is trapped within the woolen fibres,
fluids hot parti- (d) increase the temperature of both.
The transference
of heat in by 18. Black
cles rising
is called objects are
(a) good absorbers and bad emitters of heat
transforms heat energy into
(r)A heat engine 0) good absorbers and good emitters of heat
energy. (C) bad absorbers and
keep birds and animals warm good emitters of heat
(c)Feathers and furs (d) bad absorbers and bad emitters of heat
weather because they have
during cold 19. Electric
heater converts
trapped in them.
(a) heat energy into electrical energy
the following: (b) electrical energy into heat energy
12. Match
(a) summer
Land breeze blows during
) (c) chemical energy into heat energy
(b) winter
i) Sea breeze blows during (d) heat energy into chemical energy
(il) Dark coloured clothes
are (c) day 20. In solid substances, heat is transferred by:
preferred during (a) radiation (b) conduction
coloured clothes are (d) night (c) convection (d) none of these
(iv) Light
preferred during 21. A wooden spoon is dipped in a cup of icecream.
is the best conductor of Its other end
13. Which of the following
heat? (a) becomes cold by the process of conduction;
(a) silver (b) copper (b) becomes cold by the process of convection;
(c) lead (d) aluminium (c) becomes cold by the process of radiation;
following is good conductor of (d) does not become cold.
14. Which of the a

heat? 22. Stainless steel pans are usually provided with

(a) water (b) kerosine copper bottoms. The reason for this could be that
(c) mercury (d) air (a) copper bottom makes the pan more durable;
15. Look at the diagram and mark where the heat is (b) such pans appear colourful;
being transferred by conduction, by convection and (c) copper is a better conductor of heat than the
by radiation. stainless steel;
(d) copper is easier to clean than the stainless
steel.
23. Birds glide effortlessly in the air with the help of
(a) conduction of heat in the air
(b) radiation of light through the atmosphere
(C) convection currents of air
(d) their strength
24. How can two objects that are the same tempera-
ture are felt by you as if they are at different
temperatures ?
16. One litre of water at 30°C is mixed with In the diagram shown, will the convection current
one litre
of water at 50°C. The temperature of the mixture be clockwise or anticlockwise on the left part of
will be the figure?
(a) 80°C water
6) more than 50°C but less than 80°C convection
(c) 20°C current

(d) between 30°C and 50°C

An iron ball at 40°C potassium
is dropped in beaker
a mug conan permanganate
ing water at 40°C. The crystals
heat will
(a) flow from iron ball to
()not flow from iron ball
water
to water or from water bunsen burner
to iron ball;
26. Which of the
following is the coldest temperature Bar and gauge
possible ?2
gauge
(a) OK b) 0°C
circular hole
(c) 0°F (d)-273°FF bar
27. A glass of cold water whose particles had a low
average kinetic energy was placed on a table. The
average kinetic energy in the cold water increased,
while the average kinetic energy of the part of the
table under the glass decreased. What do you think
happened ?
28. Answer the following questions (18) In a thermos flask, what prevents heat loss
(1) During thermal expansion, what happens to the (a) radiation
density of a substance (b) heat losses by conduction and radiation
(2) At what temperature does water begin to are largely prevented
expand when cooled ?
(3) Equal lengths of copper, glass, iron, zinc and
steel are heated. Which expands the most ?
(4) If equal volumes of a solid, a liquid and a gas
are heated, which expands least ?
(5) Does temperature depend on the amount of the Glass walls
substance ? silvered inside

(6) Why do you think heating a full spot of soup

on the stove could cause the soup to overflow? Vacuum

(7) What is the purpose of expansion joints in a

bridge ?
(8) Why does wearing more layers of clothing
during winter keeps us warmer than wearing
just one thick piece of clothing ?
(9) In places of hot climate, it is advised that the
(19) If an ice cube is wrapped in a black cloth and
outer walls of houses be painted white.
another in an aluminium foil, and both are
Explain.
(10) Suppose you are given the choice in
winter of placed in sunlight, which will melt first?
A tile floor may feel uncomfortably cold
to
using one thick blanket or two thin blankets (20)
the same
joined together. What would you choose
andd your bare feet, buta carpeted floor at
why? temperature may feel warm. Why ?
cork
(21) An empty bottle is closed tightly with
a
(11) Liquids are poor conductors of heat except one.
Name it. and then heated. After some time the cork shoos
Mud houses with thatched roof are warm dur- out from the mouth of the bottle. Give reason.
(12)
ing winter and cool during summer. cork

(13) Room heaters should be kept down and air stopper

coolers higher up in a room. Why ?

(14) Is it possible to construct buildings, that are not
affected much by heat and cold outside. Bottle

(15) In cold weather, animals and birds fluff up their

furand feathers. Why?
(16) How much energy is transferred between a piece
of toast and an oven when both are at a tem-
W-Flame
perature of 55°C?
(17) If a bar fits the gauze when cool, will it fit
when both are heated
through the same tem
perature range ?
 which pipe A, Kelvin scale is OK.
() Through Hot-water tank
-

29. (9) The melting point of ice or

B or C does hot water =A iron.
(10) Silver is a better conductor of heat than
enter the tank from the
boiler? (11) Water is a good conductor of heat.
(12) Trapped air acts insulator of heat.
as an
(i) Which pipe supplies hot B 34. Take a test-tube. Fix some wax at its bottom por
water to the taps?
the test-
water from tion Pour some water in the test-tube. Tilt
(i) The remaining pipe sup- cold-water the
tube asshown and heat the water at the top of
plies cold water to the lank will
test-tube. Observe the wax at the bottom. You
find that the wax has not melted. Why ?
30. Wrap a thin paper strip tightly around an iron rod.
Try to burn the paper with candle while rotating
the iron rod continuously. Does it burn ?
31. Take a sheet of paper. Draw a spiral on it as
shown in the diagram. Cut out the paper along the
line and suspend it by a piece of cotton thread
above a lighted candle. The spiral keeps spinning.
Why?

35. A paper cup is filled with water

Spiral and then placed over an open
cutout flame, as shown here. Explain
why the cup does not catch
fire ?
36. A metal spoon is placed in one of two identical cups
32. Take a test tube and fill of hot coffee. Why does the cup with the spoon
more than half of it with have a lower temperature after a few minutes ?
water. Now take an ice ice cube
Wrapped in (a) Energy is removed from the coffee mostly by
cube and wrap it with a
wire gauze conduction through the spoon.
wire gauze and put it at
(6) Energy is removed from the coffee mostly by
the bottom of the test
tube. Boil the water convection through the spoon.
from above. It will be (c) Energy is removed from the coffee mostly by
observed that the water at the tap of the test tube radiation through the spoon.
starts boiling but the ice does not melt. Why ? 37. Two identical tin cans are taken - The outer sur-
33. Answer true false:
or face of one is painted black and of the other white.
(1) 1°F is more than 1°C. Equal amounts of
water are poured in
(2) Gases expand more than liquids.
each and then they
(3) Water contracts when heated from 0°C to 4°C.
are left in the mid-
4) On heating, the increase in the length of a rod day sun for about an hour. The temperature of
depends on whether it is solid or hollow. water is then measured in both. Would the tem-
(5) Equal volumes of water and alcohol when heated perature of water in the two cans be different ?
to the same temperature, alcohol expands more
38. Light a candle. Keep one
than water. hand above the flame and
(6) Water when cools from 4°C to 0°C, contracts. one hand on the side of the
) I degree on Celsius scale = 1.8 degrees on flame. Do your hands feel
Fahrenheit scale. equally hot?
) The boiling
point of water, on Fahrenheit scale
is 212°F.
 (c) Two blankets compress the air in between the
39. (a) On a bright sunny day, a boy standing on a sea
body and the blankets and this compression pro.
shore is flying a kite. In what direction will his
duces heat.
kite fly?
It it possible to heat liquid or gas from above? (d) None of these.
(b) a
47. The freezer in a refrigerator is fitted near the ton
40. Match the following:
(a) to keep it away from the hot compressor which
Transfer of heat Medium is near the bottom.
A. Conduction 1. Polished surface cool the whole interior by setting
(b) so that it can
B. Convection 2. Black surface up convection currents

C. Radiation 3. Vacuum convenience

4. Air
(c) for the sake of
D. Absorption
5. A solid medium (d) None of these
water when frozen will
D 48. A corked bottle full of
B
break because
5 2 4
(a) conductor of heat
4 3 2 (a) glass is a bad
(b) bottle contracts on freezing
(C) 4 2 3 (b) the
5 volume of water decreases on freezing
(d) 2 3 4 (c) the
fan used to cool the en-
volume of water increases on freezing
41. In a car, radiator and
are
(d) the
involved are is heated, it cracks
gine. The heat transfer modes 49. It is observed that when glass
the following state
while metal does not. Which of
(a) Conduction and convection ments explain this phenomenon?
radiation
b) Convection and of heat.
(a) Metal is poor conductor
a
(c) Conduction and radiation after heating is un
radiation (6) The expansion of the glass
(d) Conduction, convection and form and therefore it cracks.
which
42. The minimum possibletemperature beyond In of glass the heat is
transmitted quickh
cannot be cooled is (c) case
a substance when heated.
(b) -100°C
(a)-98.5°C conductor of heat.
(d)-469.5°C (d) Glass is a poor
(c)-273.15°C
hot water is (e) None of these. i
tumbler cracks when very pond remains cool even
43. A glass 50. The water in an open
because
poured into it hot summer because
material.
of continuous evaporation of
water
(a) it is not a strong (a)
from inside and outside. radiates heat more rapidly
than the a*
(b) it expands equally (b) water
conductor of heat.
(c) glass is a bad mosphere
absorbs heat less
much on heating. being bad conductor
(d) it does not expand (c) water
the same amount of rapidly than the atmosphere
44. Four identical kettles, having
different metals of
same

water, have bases

made of
identical
(d) None of these
placed on deserts because
thickness. If these kettles are
51. Nights are cooler in the
kettle the base
o
will boil first in the sand radiates heat less quickly as compared
flames, water (a)
of earth
of which is made
(b) brass clear
(a) stainless steel (b) the sky is generally compared o
(d) copper sand radiates heat more quickly as
(c) aluminium
because
(c)
thermometer earth
used in
45. Mercury is generally
it has a (d) the sky generally cloudy.
is
building
(b) high density crawl when entering a burning
(a) high fluidity 52. Firemen
heat
(c) high conductivity (d) high specific because

46. Why are two blankets warmer than one ?

(a) it is easier to crawl
in the air.
(a) Two blankets have more wool
and hence pro- (b) smoke rises high
move faster.
vide greater warmth. (c) it helps to
more heat.

wo blankets enclose air which does not allow (d) to resist

the cold to
penetrate.
53. Consider the figures of a metal ball and a metal (b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
ring given below : correct explanation of A.
A is but R is false.
true
Ball
Ring (c)
(d) A isfalse but R is true.
(e) Both A and R are false.
Telephone wires sag more in
(i) Assertion (A) :

summer.
to heat.
(R) : They expand due
summer
Reason
A white porcelain plate with
(ii) Assertion (A) : heated to a high tempera-
black design on it is
dark room.
into a
The metal ball can just pass through the hole of a ture. It is then suddenly taken
the black design appears
metal ring formed out of a strip. When the ball is It is observed that
heated it gets stuck. But when the metal ring is bright while the white porcelain background
heated. remains dark.
heat good
: Good absorbers of
are

(a) the ball will pass through because there

is no Reason (R)
change in the ring. radiators.
breaks in winter
through it because the (ii) (A) : Glass tumbler
Assertion
(b) the ball can still pass it.
when hot water is poured to
ring diameter expands on heating. is poured, the
Reason (R) : When hot poured
because the hole
(c) the ball will still pass through outer surface of glass expands.
diameter does not change. metallic objects are
diameter of the (iv) Assertion (A) : When colder sensation
(d) the ball gets stuck because the touched in winter, they give a
hole decreases on expansion. as compared to wooden objects.
bulbs connected by a conduct heat faster than
54. The figure shows air-filled Reason (R) : Metals
What happens to
U-tube partly filled with alcohol. wood.
X and Y when an decreases with in-
the levels of alcohol in the limbs (V) Assertion (A): Temperature
between the bulbs is level.
electric bulb placed midway creasing height above sea
heated by
lighted ? Reason (R):Atmosphere is mainly
conduction from the earth.
Painted is
Painted black
white (vi) Assertion (A) : A gas thermometer more
sensitive than a liquid thermometer.
Reason (R): Gases can be heated high tem-
to

Bulb peratures whereas liquids vaporise at a particu-

lar temperature.
feels hotter
(vii) Assertion A piece
(A): of iron
than that of wood in sun.
Reason (R): Iron is a better conductor of heat
than wood.
mountains
(viii) Assertion (A): We feel colder on
limbs. than on plains.
(a) the level of alcohol falls in both decreases with in-
limb X rises while Reason (R) : Temperature
(b) the level of alcohol in the crease in altitude.
that in limb Y falls. cooler than
falls while that (ix) Assertion (A) : Cloudy days are
(c) the level of alcohol in limb X clear days.
in limb Y rises. Reason (R) : Clouds do not permit the radia-
alcohol in
d) there is no change in the levels of tion of the sun to reach the earth.
the two limbs.
56. Give reasons for the followings
35Assertion-Reason: Given below are two state
(R). (1) While laying the railway tracks, a small gap is
ments, labelled as Assertion (A) and Reason the left between the successive lengths of rail.
In the context ofthe two statements, which of (2) Metal tyres of cart wheels are fitted when hot.
following is correct
|(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correc (3) Thick glass tumblers often crack when very
explanation of A. hot liquids are poured in them.
 (4) A clock may lose time in summer. thermometers are not used to
(8) Mercury meas

(5) The air escaping from a punctured tyre feels ure very low temperatures.

cold. () Ventilators in a room are always near the roof

(6) It is hotter on a cloudy night than on a clear (10) To produce quick cooling, the air conditioner in

night. a room is installed near the ceiling, ie., above

(7) A white roof keeps your house cooler in sum- the window.
mer than a black roof.
57. Solve the following crossword puzzle with the help of the given clues.

10

13 L

Clues:
ACROSS
DOwN
1. Transfer of heat by the movement of a liquid or a
2. Energy transferred from one body to another at
gas.
3. Measure of degree of hotness or coldness of a body. different temperatures.
5. Device to measure temperature. 4. The temperature scale that defines the freezing
6. Poor conductors of heat. point of water at 32° and boiling point at212
7. Transfer of heat through direct contact of bodies. 7. The temperature scale that assigns 0° to freezing
9. Part of a clinical thermometer that prevents the point and 100° to boiling point of pure water
flowing back to the bulb. 8. The metal used as thermometer substance in the-
mercury from
11. Transfer of heat energy
for which no medium is | mometers.

required. 10. Reduction in the size of body on cooling.

an object on heating.
12. Increase in the size of
the kelvin scale.
13. Lowest temperature on
 Heat ch 3-11

Answers
1. (a) 32°F (b) 212°F (c) 273 K (d) 373 K (e) black () contract
2. (a) (b) and (d) (g) Celsius or Kelvin (h) decreases
3. alcohol, since mercury solidifies at i) clinical 0) expansion
-39°C, therefore, (k) flask
it is notpossible to use a mercury thermometer for (1) energy
measuring very low temperatures. For measuring (m) heat (n) less (lower)
very low temperatures, alcohol is used (o) insulators (p) air
because
solidifies at a much lower (g) convection (r) mechanical
temperature, i.e.,
114°C. The temperature in Arctic and
-

(s) air
Antarctic 12.
may fall below -80°C, so in these ()-d, (it, ii) -b, (iv)-a
regions, an alcohol 13. (a)
thermometer would be used in place of a 14. (c)
mercury
thermometer. 15. (1) Radiation (2) Conduction (3) Convection
4. No. Alcohol starts boiling
at 80°C while
16. (d)
of boiling 17. (b) Since the
point mercury is 357°C. Therefore, a mercury temperatures are equal, there wil
thermometer is used for be no flow of heat
measuring high 18. (b)
temperatures. 19. (b) 20. (b)
5. 10 cm 6. 50°C 21. (d) Wood is a bad conductor of heat.
7. The 22. (c) Copper is a better conductor of heat
pan's temperature decreases if the waters' than the
temperature increases. The water and pan would stainless steel.
have reached thermal 23. (c)
equilibrium when their 24. Two objects that are at the same
temperatures are the same. temperature ca
8. (1) 373K - 273 100°C feel as though they are at different
if one
temperature
9 object is a better conductor of heat tha
(2) OK -273 273°C;
--

~x(-273°C)+32
5
=
-459°F the other is. The better conductor will feel colde-
because it will draw heat energy from
your hane
3) 200K-273 -
73°C; x(-73°C) +32 =
-99°F; faster.
25. anticlockwise 26. (a)
So, 200K is colder than 0°F.
27. Heat (or thermal)
energy was transferred from
the table to the glass of cold water.
(4) (a) 4°C x4°C +32=39°F; 28. (1) Thermal expansion causes the
density of a
Also, 4°C =4°C +273 277K substance to decrease because the same
mass takes up more volume.
(2) 4°C
b) 12°C x12°C +32=54°F; 3) copper (4) solic
(5) No, Temperature is the average kinetic energy
Also, 12°C = 12°C + 273 285K. of particles of
substance. If the individual
a
particles of two objects have the same average-
9
(5) Yes; 38.5°C=x
5
38.5°C +32 =101.3°F kinetic energy, they are at the
same-
temperature regardless of how much matter
(6) Yes ; 265K = (265K - 273)°C = -8°C is in each object
9. (a) and (c) (6) The soup could overflow its pot as it cook=
|10. Popcorn kernels pop when moisture inside the kernel because of thermal expansion. The soup wil
turns into expand in volume as its temperature increases
steam, creating pressure that ruptures the
shell. Old kernels that have dried out (7) If the weather is very hot, the bridge can heat
may not have
up enough to expand. As it there is
enough moisture to pop; Adding moisture to the ker- expands,
danger of the bridge breaking. Expansion joints
nels will make more of them pop. keep segments of the bridge apart so that they
|11. (a) temperature (b) clinical or alcohol have room to expand without the bridge-
(C) radiation (d) conduction
breaking.
 31. Because of the rising of the hot air due
8) If we wear more layers of clothes, air is trapped
vection. to
in between them. Air being a poor conductor
of heat prevents our body heat from going away 32. Water being
does not reach the
a
ice.
heat, the
bad conductor of heas

to cold surroundings.
33. (1) False, (2) True (6) True (4) False. It
9) Objects with white surface reflect more heat It depe
on the material of the rod and increase
and absorb less. Therefore, less heat from out- in ten
(5) True (6) False (7) True
side would enter the house. perature (Since
centigrade degrees= 180 Fahrenheit deo
True (9) False. It is 273K (10) True degrees)
(10) I would choose two thin blankets joined to-
gether because the air trapped between them (11)False
is a poor conductor of heat (12) True
being a bad conductor of heat would not allow
34. When water is heated at the top, hot water b
the body heat to go outside. being
light does not come down and thus no convec
(11) Mercury jecton
of heat takes place. Also, water and glass bei
(12) Mud is a bad conductor of heat and thatched
bad conductors of heat, the heat in hot wate
roof traps large amount of air. Hence, heat from
inside does not flow out or heat from outside the top is not transterred to the portion ofwa
does not flow in. at the bottom. Hence, the wax does not met

(13) Hot air being light rises up and cool air being 35. The paper nearest to the flame maintains a ten
denser than hot air comes down. perature equal to that of the boiling water as log
as the water has not entirely boiled
(14) This can be done by constructing outer walls away. T
of buildings so that they have cup doesn't burn, because the heat input at t
trapped layers of bottom of the cup is rapidly conducted to t
air. One way of doing this is to use hollow
bricks. boiling water.
(15) This traps air and increases the insulations. 36. (a)
37. Yes. Since black colour is a better
(16) None; Toast and oven are at the same
tempera- absorber oi
heat than white, the can whose outer
ture, i.e., they are in thermal equilibrium. surfacei
(17) Yes black would be warmer.
38. No. The hand above the flame gets more
(18) (a) Coating of both the inner walls of glass heat due
to convection. On the sides, there is no
with shiny bright silvering. The heat radiations conver
tion and so air does not feel as hot as at the top
are reflected back by the
silvery surface (b) 39. (a) Towards the sea. Reason : Hot
The vacuum created by pumping out all the air air rises above
prevents heat loss by conduction and convec-
the land and cool air comes down towards the sea
(b) No. Reason: The liquid or gas is
tion.
convection in which heat is transferred
heated
y
(19) Black, being a better absorber of heat than alu upwards
minium, is also a better emitter. So the black
neither downwards nor sideways.
foil will emit heat radiations faster. Hence, the
40. (b) 41. (b) 42. (c)
ice cube in aluminium foil will melt faster. 43. (c) When hot liquid is poured into the tumbler.|
the inner surface of the tumbler becomes hot
(20) The tile floor is a better thermal conductor than
while the outer surface remains at the room tem
the carpet. Thus, the heat transfer from your
feet to the tile happens faster. perature
44. (d) 45. (c) 46. (b) 47. (b) 48. (d)
(21) When the bottle is heated, the air in it also gets
49. (d) 50. (c) 51. (c) 52. (b) 53. (b)
heated and expands. As a result if exerts pres-
54. (c) Black colour being a better absorber of
sure on the stopper and forces it to shoot out of
bulb X gets more heated due to heat
heat.|
the bottle. rediated by
the electric bulb
29. (i) B i) A (ii) boiler resulting in the expansion of ar
inside it. The expanded air
30. No, the paper strip will not burn because iron requires more space
and so pushes the alcohol towards limb Y.
being a good conductor of heat takes away the 55. ) (a), (i) (a), (ii) (c), (iv) (a),. (v) (a), (vi) (6»|
heat from paper.
(vii) (b), (vii) (a), (ix) (a)
 when the temperature rises in suddenly expands. A large amount of its heat is
56. (1) Rails expand
The gap is provided to allow for this
absorbed in the process of expansion resulting
summer.
will bend in considerable fall in its temperature. This is
expansion. If no gap is left, the rails
after expansion which may cause why escaping air feels cold.
the
sideways
(6) It is so because in a cloudy night the heat
derailment.
when the radiations emitted from earth are not transmitted
that cooling, tyre
(2) It is done so on
through the clouds while on a clear night they
contracts in volume, its circumference fits the
are.
wheel tightly.
in thick glass (7) White roof absorbs less heat radiations and
(3) When very hot liquids are poured reflect more than black roof.
tumblers, the inner layer gets
heated and
is only 39°C and
expands before the outer layer and this unequal (8) The freezing point of mercury
due to expansion at low
expansion of its inner and outer surfaces it has non-uniform

heat, the tumbler to crack.

causes temperatures.
(4) In summer the length of pendulum of a clock
is
9) The hot air being lighter in weight tends to rise
increased due to expansion. This causes increase above and escape from the ventilators at the
of the duration of one oscillation of the pendulum
top.
thereby making the clock lose time. (10) The cooled air from the air conditioner descends
(5) The air is contained at a high pressure in the down while the hot air from below rises up and
tube. When it escapes from a small' orifice, it thus a convection current is set up.

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 Self Assessment Sheet-3
1. Answer true of false : 5. What effect does heat cause in a body
(1) Air is a good conductor of heat. (A) change in temperature
(2) Metals are generally good conductors of heat. in state
(B) change
(3) Transfer of heat energy always takes place from in
(C) change mass
a body at lower temperature to a body at higher (D) chemical change
temperature. (a) A (b) A and C
(4) Solids expand more than liquids and gases.
B and D (d) B, C and D
(5) Woolen sweaters keep us warm by trapping (c) A,
6. Seema is in a hurry and wants her noodles to cooi
layer of air. Cool
down faster. She should put it on a plate made of
2.Match correctly (a) wood (b) paper
Column A Column B
(c) plastic (d) metal
(a) Absolute zero ) 2120 F
7. Piyush takes out a bottle of jam from the refrig
(6) Freezing point of water (i) mercury erator and finds its lid so tight that he is not able
(c) Used in thermometer due (ii) 37° C to open it. What action may he be advised to take
to its lower freezing point to loosen the lid.
(d) Normal temperature of (iv) -273°K is the best insulator
8. Which of the following ot

human body heat?

(v) 0°C
(e) Boiling point of water (a) air (b) silver
3. Two containers A and B contain liquid at 50°C. (c) iron (d) water
Two metal balls one at 50°C and the other at 30°C 9. Ethyl alcohol boils at 78.5°C andfreezes at -1170
are dropped in the containers A and B respectively. under a pressure of 1 atm. Convert these tempera
take
In which container will the transfer of heat tures to
place? (i) Kelvin scale i) Fahrenheit scale
two different strips
30°C 10. A bimetallic strip is made of
50°C Before heating
of metals A and B joined together.
After heating, the
the strips are of the same length.
50G- ---50.- shown below
bimetallic strip takes the shape as
doesit happen and which metal is expands
B Why
instances involves heat more on heating.
4. Which of the following
transfer by conduction? Metal A

breezes. TITTTIIN7IIINTTKMetal B
(a) Formation of land and
sea

a heat convector.
(b) Heating a room using
surface getting cold in
Metal A
(c) Container with white LITTTITTTZE-Motal B
shade.
of a sick person with
(d) Measuring the temperature
a thermometer.
AnswersS
5. (c) 6. (d)
4. (d) cause it
to
1. (1) False 2) True (3) False lid which will
7. He may heat the is easily
(4) False (5) True so that it becomes loose and
expand
2. (a) -(iv), (b) - (v) (c) (i) opened.
(d) (ii) (e)-) 8. (a) 178.6F
3.(B) There will be no transfer heat in
container A
9. (i) 351.5 K, 156 K Cii) 173.3°F, -
since both the liquid and the ball are at the Bimetallic strip curves upwards. Metal B
10.
same temperature. than metal A.
expands more