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heat

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Convection is faster mode of heat transfer than radiation.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

Nights are cooler in the deserts because ___________

a)

the sky is generally clear

b)

sand radiates heat more quickly as compared to earth

c)

the sky is generally cloudy

d)

Sand radiates heat less quickly as compared to earth

3.

A poor man wrapped himself with a few layers of newspaper on a cold winter night. This helped him to keep himself warm because ___________________

a)

newspaper is at a higher temperature than the temperature of the surroundings.

b)

Friction between the layers of newspaper produces heat

c)

air trapped between the layers of newspaper is a bad conductor of heat

d)

newspaper is a conductor of heat

4.

The range of the Clinical thermometer is from ______ to ______.

a)

-10°C to 110°C

b)

10°C to 110°C

c)

32°C to 45°C

d)

35°C to 42°C

5.

A marble tile would feel cold as compared to a wooden tile on a winter morning, because the marble tile _____________

a)

is polished while wooden tile is not polished

b)

Is a poor conductor of heat than the wooden tile.

c)

reflects more heat than wooden tile

d)

Is a better conductor of heat than the wooden tile

6.

The diagram shows a vacuum flask and an enlarged view of a section through the flask wall. The main reason for the silvering is to reduce heat transfer by ______________

a)

conduction and convection

b)

radiation only

c)

conduction only

d)

radiation and convection

7.

Given below are four arrangements of laboratory thermometer .Identify the correct arrangement.

a)
b)
c)
d)
8.

Expansion of a substance on heating depends on

a)

b) rise in temperature

b)

d) both A and B

c)

a) nature of the substance

d)

c) color of the substance

9.

We receive heat energy from the sun through ______ mode of transmission

a)

conduction

b)

convection

c)

radiation

d)

yet to be found

10.

Conduction is possible

a)

when the bodies are apart from each other

b)

when the bodies have same temperature and in thermal contact

c)

when they have different temperatures maintaining distance between them

d)

bodies should be in contact and should have different temperatures