Paper Q Flashcards
What are poor conductors of heat no as?
Insulators
What is hear energy conducted from?
The hot end to the cold end
What can particles in fluids do
More form place to place
Convection occurs when?
Particles with a lot of heat energy in a liquid or gas move and take the place of particles with less heat energy
What is the specific heat capacity of a substance?
Is the amount of energy needed to change the temperature of 1kg of the substances by 1 degree
What is the measurement
J / Kg degree
What’s the lowest frequency and energy and the longest wave length?
Radio waves
What’s the highest energy and frequency and the shortest wavelength?
Gamma radiation
What are radio waves used for
Television signals
What are microwaves used for
Cooking, Mobile phones
What is infrared used for?
Optical fibre communication
What is visible light used for?
Seeing
What is ultraviolet used for
Defecting forged bank note
What are x-Rays used for?
Medical images of bones
What is gamma radiation used for?
Killing cancer cells