ENEGY MATTERS; Heat In The Home Flashcards

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What is temperature?

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A measure of how hot a substance is measured in degrees Celsius,

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What is heat?

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An energy form measured in joules.

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Heat always moves from a _____ substance to a ______ substance.

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Hotter to colder.

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Give the three ways in which heat can move?

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Conduction, convection and radiation.

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Heat is the transfer if heat in _____ materials.

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Solid

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What is conduction?

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Particles in a solid vibrate, passing heat from particle to particle.

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Materials which allow heat to move easily thorough them are called…. And those who do not are good

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Conductors and insulators.

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Convection occurred in

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Liquids and gases

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What is convection?

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Heated fluid that is less dense than cold fluids rises so cold fluid falls to take its place. (Convention current)

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What is radiation?

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Infrared rays .

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What type of material gives out radiation?

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All hot materials?

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What is the only material that can travel through a vacuum?

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Radiation eg sun to earht

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How to reduce conduction heat loss in the home

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Loft insulation, double glazing (vacuum), carpets

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How to reduce convection heat loss in the home

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Stop draughts, special foam in walls

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How to reduce radiation heat loss in the home

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Foil baked radiators

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The amount of heat energy needed to heat an object relies on..

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the temperature rise, the mass of the object,

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Amount of heat loss in homes depend on the temperature _____ compared to the temperature ______.

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Outside inside.

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What is specific heat capacity?

A

The amount of energy required to change 1kg of a substance by 1 degree Celsius,

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What is the units of specific heat capacity?

A

Joules per kilogram per degrees Celsius or J/kg/*C

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Energy required is equal to

A

Specific heat capacity x mass x change in temperature

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During a change in state does the temperature of a material change?

A

Nooooooooo

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what is the principal of conservation of energy?

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Although energy changes to deferent forms no energy is ever gained or lost

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Why will some heat energy be transferred to its surroundings?

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Due to convection, conduction and radiation

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What is latent heating of vaporisation?

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The amount of energy required to change 1kg of a liquid at its boiling point to 1kg of gas without a change in temperature.

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What does the word latent )hidden) refer to?

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The fact that the temperature does not rise mad the heat energy supplied seems to have disspaesred

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What is specific latent heat of fusion?

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The enrergy required to change 1kg from a solid at its melting point to 1kg of its liquid without a change in temperature.

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What happens to energy when a substance is changed from solid to liquid or liquid to gas?

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It is absorbed

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What happens to energy when a substance changes state from gas to liquid or liquid to solid

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Latent heat is released

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What is the unit for latent heat and what is it measured in

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l and J/kg

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Energy needed to change state =

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Mass x specific latent hea

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Why do you feel cold when water evaporates from your skin?

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For the water to e parts it requires energy chip it takes form your skin

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Unit of measurement for..
Energy absorbed or lost by substance, EH
Specific heat capacity, c
Change in temperature, delta T

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Unit of measurement for..
EH joules (J)
c joules/kilogram/degrees c (J/kg/C)
delta T, degrees Celsius

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What is specific latent heat of fusion or vaporisation, l, measured in?

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Joules per kg (J/kg)