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Subject: Science Class - VII Chapter - 4 Heat (Module) : Question - Answer

Heat and temperature are differentiated. Heat is a form of energy that causes changes in temperature, while temperature is the degree of hotness or coldness and determines the direction of heat flow. Mercury is used in thermometers because it expands evenly and is visible, a good conductor, and does not stick to glass. The kink in a clinical thermometer prevents mercury from falling when removed from the mouth. The range of a laboratory thermometer is -10°C to 110°C and must be held upright and surrounded by the substance being measured. Conduction requires direct contact and is only possible in solids where molecules are tightly packed. Heat from the sun reaches Earth through radiation across space. Convection

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Subject: Science Class - VII Chapter - 4 Heat (Module) : Question - Answer

Heat and temperature are differentiated. Heat is a form of energy that causes changes in temperature, while temperature is the degree of hotness or coldness and determines the direction of heat flow. Mercury is used in thermometers because it expands evenly and is visible, a good conductor, and does not stick to glass. The kink in a clinical thermometer prevents mercury from falling when removed from the mouth. The range of a laboratory thermometer is -10°C to 110°C and must be held upright and surrounded by the substance being measured. Conduction requires direct contact and is only possible in solids where molecules are tightly packed. Heat from the sun reaches Earth through radiation across space. Convection

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Subject : Science

Class – VII
Chapter – 4
Heat (Module)
Question – Answer
Q1. Differentiate between heat and temperature.

Ans.

S.No Heat Temperature


1. It is a form of energy It is degree of hotness or coldness of a
body
2. It is the cause of temperature. It is the heat It is the effect of heat
that causes a change in the temperature of
a body.
3. It does not determine the direction of flow It determines the direction of flow of
of heat heat. It always flows from a body at a
higher temperature to a body at a lower
temperature
4. It is measured in Joule or cal. It is commonly measured in degree
Celsius or degree Farenheit.

Q2. Mercury is used as an indicator in a thermometer. Why?

Ans.

• Mercury expands evenly as the temperature rises.


• It is a good conductor of heat.
• It is silvery white and can be seen from outside the glass.
• It does not stick to glass.

Q3. Why Mercury does fall or rise in a clinical thermometer when taken out of the mouth?

Ans. The kink prevents the Mercury level in the glass tube of clinical thermometer from felling
on its own its bulb is removed from the mouth of patient.
Q4. What is the range of laboratory thermometer? What precautions we are suppose to take
while using it?

Ans. The range of laboratory thermometer is -10°C to 110°C.

Precautions while using laboratory thermometer :-

(1) The laboratory thermometer should be held vertically (or upright) while measuring
temperature. It should not be tilted.

(2) The thermometer bulb should be surrounded from all sides by the substance whose
temperature is to be measured.

Q5. Why conduction is only possible in solids?

Ans. In conduction, the molecules vibrate and hit each other to transfer the heat energy
between them. The molecules need not to travel from one end to other. Therefore, it is only
possible in solids in which the molecules are tightly packed and do not move but vibrate on
heating.

Q6. How does the heat from sun reach us?

Ans. Heat from the Sun reaches us through the process of radiation. There is millions of miles of
empty space between the Earth and the Sun; therefore, only through radiation can heat be
transferred to the Earth from the Sun, as it does not require any medium.

Q7. Explain how water gets heated by convection?

Ans. When water gets heated it becomes lighter. The hot water rises up. The cold water from
the sides moves down towards the source of heat. This water also gets hot and rises and water
from the sides moves down. This process continues till the whole water gets heated. This mode
of transfer of heat is called convection.

Q8. What is land and sea breeze?

Ans. A land breeze is a breeze blowing from land out toward a body of water. A sea breeze is a
wind blowing from the water onto the land. Land breezes and sea breezes arise because of
differential heating between land and water surfaces.

Q9. Why wearing more layers of clothing during winter keeps us warmer than wearing just one
thick piece of clothing.?
Ans. More layers of clothing actually keep us warmer in winters as they have a lot of space
between them. That space gets filled up with air. Air acts as an insulator of heat. This layer
prevents our body heat from escaping in the surroundings.

Q10. Give scientific reason for the following :-

(a) The radiators of cars are painted black.


Black surfaces are the best absorbers as well as best emitters of Heat. As Radiators are
heat exchangers used for cooling engines, they are painted with carbon to cool the
engines efficiently.
(b) Ventilators are made close of the ceiling.
The hot air being lighter in weight tends to rise above and escape from the ventilators at
the top. This allows the cool air to come in the room to take its place.

(c) Handles of cooking utensils are made of wood, plastic or Bakelite.


Plastics and wood are bad conductor of heat. Due to this reason the handles of
cooking utensils always remain cool than the body of utensil which is made up of metal.

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