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What is needed for heat to flow through a conductor?

Important Questions on Thermal (Heat) Energy Transfers

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Cambridge IGCSE® Physics Coursebook Second Edition>Chapter 11 - Thermal (Heat) Energy Transfers>Questions>Q 11.3

 

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Which will feel colder to touch, marble or polystyrene? Refer the picture given.

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Cambridge IGCSE® Physics Coursebook Second Edition>Chapter 11 - Thermal (Heat) Energy Transfers>Questions>Q 11.4
'A thermal (heat) energy transfer by means of motion of a fluid'. Is this a description of conduction or convection?
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Cambridge IGCSE® Physics Coursebook Second Edition>Chapter 11 - Thermal (Heat) Energy Transfers>Questions>Q 11.6
What part does convection play in spreading of energy around a room from an electric heater?
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Cambridge IGCSE® Physics Coursebook Second Edition>Chapter 11 - Thermal (Heat) Energy Transfers>Questions>Q 11.7
Write a brief explanation of convection, using the terms expansion, density and gravity.
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Cambridge IGCSE® Physics Coursebook Second Edition>Chapter 11 - Thermal (Heat) Energy Transfers>Questions>Q 11.8
Why would it not be a good idea to fit an electric heater near a ceiling in the room?
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Cambridge IGCSE® Physics Coursebook Second Edition>Chapter 11 - Thermal (Heat) Energy Transfers>Questions>Q 11.9
How energy is transferred through the vacuum of space: 
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Cambridge IGCSE® Physics Coursebook Second Edition>Chapter 11 - Thermal (Heat) Energy Transfers>Questions>Q 11.1
On earth, we receive visible light from the Sun. Name two other two forms of electromagnetic radiation that we receive from the Sun.
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Cambridge IGCSE® Physics Coursebook Second Edition>Chapter 11 - Thermal (Heat) Energy Transfers>Questions>Q 11.11
If an object's temperature is increased, what happens to the amount of infrared radiation it emits?