Grade: 7

Subject: Natural Science

Dates: 31/08/2020- 04/09/2020
Lesson & Topic: Lesson 1: Heat transfer
Heating as a transfer of energy

Instructions:
Good day learners I trust that you are in good health. Please read the content
on pages 147-162 of your Platinum Science textbook and watch the video.
Answer the following activities:

Lesson & Topic: Lesson 1: Heat transfer

Heating as a transfer of energy
Activity 1: Find out what you know about energy and energy transfer.
Page 147

Activity 2: Describe examples in which heat energy is transferred

Page 149

Lesson & Topic: Lesson 2: Heat transfer

Conduction
Activity 3: Explain heat energy transfer by conduction
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Lesson & Topic: Lesson 3: Heat transfer
How to identify variables
Activity 5: Practise identify variables that affect results.
Page154
Lesson & Topic: Lesson 4: Heat transfer
Convection
Activity 8: Explain how convection occurs
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Lesson & Topic: Lesson 1: Heat transfer
Heating as a transfer of energy
Activity 1: Find out what you know about energy and energy transfer.
Page 147

1. Energy is the ability to do work and energy transfer is the movement of

energy from one point to another.
2. The four systems are:
 Mechanical systems
 Electrical systems
 Thermal systems
 Biological systems
3. The Sun will fall under the thermal system.
4. Thermal energy is energy produced by heat. An example is when your
body is warmed by warm water in a bath.
5. B
6. It is cold in winter, so when you stand in direct sunlight you can be
warmed by the heat from the Sun.

Activity 2: Describe examples in which heat energy is transferred

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1. Figure 5: When sharpening a pencil, the friction between the pencil

sharpener and the pencil produces heat, which is transferred to both the
pencil and the sharpener.
Figure 6: A hair dryer produces warm air that is transferred to dry your
wet hair.
Figure 7: An iron has a hot base that transfers heat to iron the clothes.
Figure 8: When your lips touch a cup of hot chocolate, the heat from the
hot cup is transferred to warm your lips.
Figure 9: Burning wood in a fireplace produces heat, which is transferred
to warm the entire room.
2.
Medium required Example
Liquids Drinking hot chocolate
Gases Burning wood
Solids Using an iron
No medium None(There can be no heat transfer in a vacuum
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Conduction

Activity 3: Explain heat energy transfer by conduction

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1. Heat transfer in each picture:

Figure 14: Heat is transferred from the iron to the clothing.
Figure 15: Heat is transferred from the mug of tea to the hands holding
the mug.
Figure 16: Heat is transferred from the hot tarmac to the feet of the
child.

2. The arrows on your diagrams must be correct.

Figure 14: Arrow from the iron to the clothing
Figure 15: Arrow from the cup to the hands
Figure 16: Arrows from the tar road to the feet

3. Answers may vary:

 Burning a candle transfers heat from the flame to the room.
 Computer heat sinks draw heat away from the heat-sensitive
computer components.
 Bathwater transfers heat from the water to the person bathing.

4. Answers may vary:

 Mining: Melting gold to make gold bars
 Manufacturing industry: Glass production
 Electricity generation: Cooling towers
 Lesson & Topic: Lesson 3: Heat transfer
How to identify variables

Activity 5: Practise identify variables that affect results.

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1. The independent variables are the marshmallow and the peanut.

The dependent variable is the amount of energy produced (as indicated
by the temperature of the water).
The control variables are the amount of water in the test tubes, the time
taken and the type of test tube used.

2. The independent variables are the silver mat and the black mat.
The dependent variables are the hotness or coldness of the mats.
The control variables are the time taken, the material of the mats and the
exposure to the Sun.
Lesson & Topic: Lesson 4: Heat transfer
Convection
Activity 8: Explain how convection occurs
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1. Hot air rises therefore the heater is best positioned on the floor so that as
the warm air rises, the cooler air sinks down to be warmed by the heater
until the whole room is full of warm air. In summer, the air
conditioner is best positioned next to the ceiling, since the cool air
generated by the air conditioner sinks and the warm air rises (to be cooled
by the air conditioner) until the room is eventually filled with cool air.

2. Water expands as it gets warmer and it rises. The movement of water

creates currents that circulate the water around the fish tank. In this way,
all the water in the fish tank(not just the surface water)is kept warm.

3. The fireplace also uses the concept of convection, in that the warm or hot
air around the fire rises through the chimney and carries smoke with it.
Hence, we do not have smoke in the room. It is only when the wood is not
burning properly that you have smoke in the room. Another example is a
hot air balloon: The hot air inside the balloon causes it to rise because hot
air rises.