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Heat and Temperature Grade 7

This document contains a chapter on heat and temperature that includes concept maps and scientific inquiries. It presents multiple choice questions, fill in the blank questions, short answer questions, and higher order thinking questions about different modes of heat transfer including conduction, convection, and radiation. Experiments are described to demonstrate these different types of heat transfer through heating objects like spoons, water, and hands.

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Heat and Temperature Grade 7

This document contains a chapter on heat and temperature that includes concept maps and scientific inquiries. It presents multiple choice questions, fill in the blank questions, short answer questions, and higher order thinking questions about different modes of heat transfer including conduction, convection, and radiation. Experiments are described to demonstrate these different types of heat transfer through heating objects like spoons, water, and hands.

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CHAPTER- HEAT AND TEMPERATURE

Concept map

SCIENTIFIC ENQUIRY:
PRECAUTION: Since the experiments need knife, candle, hot water, hence it should be
done under adult supervision
1. A knife was heated on a candle. 4 pins were attached to the knife with the
help of wax.

1. What is the mode of heat transfer?________________________


2. What will happen to the pins
__________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________
3. Will it be possible to hold the knife?__________________________
SCIENTIFIC ENQUIRY 2: Take a saucepan add 1cup of water and add half tea
spoon of tea leaves. Heat it. What do you observe regarding the colour of leaves
in water.
Observation:_____________________________________________
SCIENTIFIC ENQUIRY 3: Place your hand as shown. Which hand will feel hot
first and why?

____________________________________
Q1: Multiple Choice Questions:
1) The method of heat transfer in a steel rod is by?
a) Conduction b) Convection c) Radiation d) None of these

2) On dipping a plastic and a steel spoon in hot water


a) Both the spoons get heated due to convection
b) Neither of the spoons are heated
c) The steel spoon gets heated only due to conduction
d) The plastic spoon gets heated only

3) Handles of cooking utensils should be made of materials that are


a) Conductors b) Insulators c) Radiators d) None of these

4) The fastest mode of heat transfer is


a) Conduction b) Convection c) Radiation d) None of these
5) Heat radiation can travel fastest through
a) air b) water c) vacuum d) metal
6) Convection occurs in
a) solids only b) liquids only c) gases only d) liquids and gases only
7) Two bodies are said to be in thermal equilibrium when the temperature difference
between them is.
a) 1°C b) 2°C c) 3°C d) 0°C
8) On the Celsius Scale, the freezing point of water is?
a) 20° C b) 0°C c) 100° C d) 50° C
9) A marble tile would feel cold as compared to a wooden tile on a winter morning,
because the marble tile
a) is a better conductor of heat than the wooden tile
b)  is polished while wooden tile is not polished.
c) reflects more heat than wooden tile.
d) is a poor conductor of heat than the wooden tile
10) X and Y measured their body temperature. X found it’s to be 98.6 °F and Y
recorded 37 °C. Which of the following statement is true?
a) X has a higher body temperature than Y.
b) X has a lower body temperature than Y.
c) Both have normal body temperature.
d) Both are suffering from fever.
Q2. Fill in the blanks:
1) The transfer of energy between object that are in physical contact is by ___________
2) The ___________ in a clinical thermometer prevents backflow of the Mercury into the
bulb.
3)The thermos flask is made up of double walled glass vessels because glass is a
___________
4) In solids transfer of heat can take place by ___________
5) Mercury is a liquid metal in ___________
6) The form of energy that flows from hot object to a cold object is called ___________
7) The boiling point of water in the Celsius scale is ___________
8) Thermal energy flows between objects due to difference in___________
9) When a liquid is heated it___________
10) Convection current gives rise to ___________
Q3. One word answer
1) Which of these expands the most on heating-----solids, liquids or gas?
2) Name a liquid that conducts heat
3) Name the mode of transfer of heat in which medium is not required.
4) How does the heat travel in air
5) The normal temperature of human body is …….. °C.
Q4. Answer the following questions (To be done in the science note book):
1) Hot coffee is stirred with a spoon; the spoon gets hot due to…….
2) A chair is placed several feet from a fire in a fireplace. The fireplace has a glass
screen. The side of the chair facing the fireplace gets warm because of……….
3) Near the ceiling of a room the air is warmer. The warm air rises because of.........
4) In a swimming pool, the water near the surface is slightly warmer. The warm water
rises because of………
Q5. Short Answer Questions:
1) What is the purpose of kink in clinical thermometer
2) Why do room heaters have polished reflectors
3) Why do woollen clothes keep us warmer in winters than cotton clothes?
4) Convert the following temperatures to O F
15 O C 35 O C 50 OC
Q6. HOTS Questions (Higher Order Thinking Skills):-
1) Why does a thick glass tumbler sometimes crack when hot water or tea is poured in it
2) Why are ventilators in houses provided at top of walls
3) Why are cloudy nights warmer than clear nights
4) Your mother advises you to keep a steel spoon in a glass tumbler before pouring very
hot tea in it. Why?
Q7. Observe and answer
A circular metal loop is heated at point O as shown in figure
(a) In which direction, would heat flow in the loop?
(b) In which order, the pins at points P, Q and R fixed with the help of wax fall if points O, P,

Q and R are equidistant from each other?

Q8. Identify the method of heat transfer that takes place in each illustration. Some
illustrations may show more than one form of heat transfer

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