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    The document is a physics worksheet for grade 9 that defines key terms related to heat transfer and asks students to answer questions about conduction, convection, density, fluids, and convection currents. It asks students to define thermal conductor, conduction, thermal insulator, convection, fluid, density, and convection current. It then asks students to explain phenomena related to heat transfer and choose the correct terms from options provided.

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    The document is a physics worksheet for grade 9 that defines key terms related to heat transfer and asks students to answer questions about conduction, convection, density, fluids, and convection currents. It asks students to define thermal conductor, conduction, thermal insulator, convection, fluid, density, and convection current. It then asks students to explain phenomena related to heat transfer and choose the correct terms from options provided.

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    Physics
    Grade: 9
    1) Define:

    a) Thermal conductor.
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    b) Thermal conduction.
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    c) Thermal insulator.
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    d) Convection.
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    e) Fluid.
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    f) Density.
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    g) Convection current.
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    2) Answer the following questions:

    a) Explain why two thin layers of clothing are often warmer than one thick layer.
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    b) Explain why a wooden spoon is better than a metal one to stir a saucepan of hot
    soup.
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    c) Explain why a copper is a better conductor than wood.
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    d) Explain why wood is a better conductor than air.
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    e) Explain why convection does not happen in solids.
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    f) An inventor makes an electric kettle with the heating element at the top. Explain
    why it will not work.
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    g) Explain why walking on a marble floor in bare feet would feel colder than walking
    on a wooden floor.
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    3) Write the scientific term.

    I. The ratio of mass to volume for a substance. ( )


    II. A substance which can flow; liquids and gases are fluids. ( )

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    III. The transfer of thermal energy through a material by the movement of the
    material itself. ( )
    IV. The transfer of thermal energy by the motion of a fluid. ( )
    V. A substance which can flow; liquids and gases are fluids. ( )
    VI. Negatively charged particle, smaller than an atom. ( )
    VII. The transfer of thermal energy by the vibration of molecules. ( )

    4) Compare between Conduction and Convection.

    Conduction Convection

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    5) Compare between Conduction and Convection.

    Conduction in metals Conduction in non-metals

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    6) Add arrows labeled 'cold dense


    water' and 'hot, less dense water'
    to show the convection current in
    the pan.

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    7) Choose the correct answer :

    a) Conduction happens mostly in {solids / liquids / gases}.

    b) Thermal energy flows from the {hotter / cooler} parts of an object to the
    {hotter / cooler} parts.

    c) A material which does not conduct thermal energy well is called


    {a conductor / an insulator / a resistor}.

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