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5 FT 2024
1.
3 On a particular day, the atmospheric pressure is 1.0 × 105 Pa. A bubble of gas forms at a point
5.0 m below the surface of a lake. The density of water is 1000 kg / m3.

(a) Determine

(i) the total pressure at a depth of 5.0 m in the water,

pressure = ...........................................................[3]

(ii) the pressure of the gas in the bubble.

pressure = ...........................................................[1]

(b) As the bubble rises to the surface, the mass of gas in the bubble stays constant. The
temperature of the water in the lake is the same throughout.

Explain why the bubble rises to the surface and why its volume increases as it rises.

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FT 2024
2.
4 An aluminium saucepan with a plastic handle contains cold water.

Fig. 4.1 shows the saucepan on a hotplate.

aluminium saucepan
plastic handle

water
hotplate

Fig. 4.1

(a) State why the pan is made from aluminium but the handle is made from plastic.

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(b) The hotplate is switched on and, as the temperature of the water increases, the internal
energy of the water increases.

(i) State, in terms of molecules, what is meant by an increase in internal energy.

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(ii) Explain, in terms of the atomic lattice and electrons, how thermal energy is transferred
through the aluminium.

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(iii) Eventually, the water reaches boiling point. Thermal energy from the hotplate is still
being transferred to the water.

Explain, in terms of molecules, the effect of this thermal energy on the water.

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