Convection

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Convection: Overview

This topic covers concepts such as Thermal Convection, Free Convection, Forced Convection, Convection Relation, Land and Sea Breezes, and Monsoons.

Important Questions on Convection

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What is the reason for the occurrence of land breeze and sea breeze?

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The convection current which arises when equatorial and polar regions of the earth receive unequal solar heat is called as:

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Choose the method of heat conduction which could be affected by gravity?

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What is the primary cause of monsoon winds? 

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Air is a bad conductor of heat or partly conducts heat, still, the vacuum is to be placed between the walls of the thermos flask because

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While measuring the thermal conductivity of a liquid, we keep the upper part hot and lower part cool, so that

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The equatorial and polar regions of the earth receive unequal solar heat. The convection current arising due to this is called:

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Which of the following process does not occur through convection

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A liquid of mass m and specific heat c is heated to a temperature 2T. Another liquid of mass m2 and specific heat 2c is heated to a temperature T. If these two liquids are mixed, the resulting temperature of the mixture is

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Two liquids A and B are at 32°C and 24°C. When mixed in equal masses the temperature of the mixture is found to be 28°C . Their specific heats are in the ratio of

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Assertion: In a room containing air, heat can go from one place to another by radiation only.

Reason: In convection, heat is transferred from one place to another by actual motion of heated material.

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Statement 1 : A hot iron bar placed under a running tap loses heat by convection.

Statement 2 : Convection involves flow of matter within a fluid due to unequal temperature of its parts.

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Which one of the following processes depends on gravity?

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Which one of the following processes depends on gravity?

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In which of the following process, convection does not take place primarily?

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In which of the following process, convection does not takes place primarily?