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1
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What is heat conduction

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When particles that are very close together transfer heat as they vibrate

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Convection only occurs in

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Fluids

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What is convection

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When the more energetic particles move from the hotter region to the cooler region and transferring energy as they do

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4
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Why are metals good conductors

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They have a special structure that means their electrons are delocalised

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5
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Which block will ice melt quicker on: wood or metal?

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Metal because conduction occurred- the metal transferred energy to the ice from the room

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Describe convection

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  • as fluid heated the particles gain more energy and vibrate more
  • so they take up more space
  • so they are less dense
  • less dense fluid rises above dense fluid
  • cooler fluid falls to take place of hotter fluid
    Process continues
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7
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Give one example of where convection is useful

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Immersion heater (heater coils at the bottom corner of a domed tank)

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Radiation doesn’t need particles to transfer heat

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Radiation is a wave that can travel through a vacuum

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9
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What type of wave is radiation

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EM Wave

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Describe the experiment used to find the types of surfaces best at emitting heat radiation

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Put boiling water in a Leslie cube
- wait a few minutes
- measure the heat coming off each side ensuring thermometer is the same distance each time
- repeat three times

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11
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Two different ways efficiency can be displayed in

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Percentage
Decimal

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12
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Material that are bad conductors

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Glass and plastic

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13
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Disadvantages of solar power

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Don’t work in the night and in some climates
Visually unattractive
Takes up a lot of space

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what is another way of saying energy transferred

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work done

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what is the unit for work done

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joules or newton metres

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advantages of fossil fuels

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  • reliable
  • can produce large amounts of energy with fairly short notice
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disadvantages of fossil fuels

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  • porduces significamt greenhouse gases and pollution
18
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disadvantages of fossil fuels

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  • produces significant greenhouse gases and pollution
19
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advantages of nuclear power

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  • reliable
  • produces no greenhouse gases or pollution
  • a large amount of energy is produced with a small amount of fuel
20
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disadvantages of nuclear power

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  • produces dangerous amounts of radioactive waste that takes thousands of years to decay
21
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advantages of bio-fuel energy

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  • the CO2 produced while burning the fuel is equal to the amount absorbed while making it
22
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disadvantages of biofuels

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  • takes up a lot of land to grow and consumes resources needed for food production
23
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advantages of wind energy

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  • produces no greenhouse gases
  • the land around can still be used for farming
24
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disadvantages of wind energy

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  • unreliable
  • can be noisy and ugly
  • not everywhere is suitable
25
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advantages of hydroelectric power

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  • reliable and can produces a large amount of energy on short notice
  • produces no greenhouse gases or pollution
26
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disadvantages of hydroelectric power

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  • can involve flooding large areas destroying habitats and homes
27
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advantages of tidal power

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  • very predictable
  • large amount of energy produced at regular intervals
28
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disadvantages of tidal power

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  • very few suitable locations
  • can cause harm to environments and disrupt shipping
29
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advantages of geothermal power

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  • reliable
  • geothermal stations are usually small
30
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disadvantages of geothermal power

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  • can result in the release of harmful gases from underground
  • not many suitable places
31
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advantages of solar power

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produces no greenhouse gases or pollution
- good for producing energy in remote places

32
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disadvantages of solar power

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  • unreliable (only when sunny)
  • use up a lot of farmland

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