Physics Chapt 3 - Check your progress
Physics Chapt 3 - Check your progress
a. conduction
GRADE 8 – SUMMER HOLIDAY HOMEWORK (Science)
b. convection
1. Revise Chapter 2 – Properties of Materials c. radiation
a. Upto Ionic Bonding – Page 48 – 66 a. Only a
b. Only c
2. Complete Chapter 2 Practice Questions
c. Both a and b
3. Read Chapter 3 – Force and Energy
d. Both a and c
4. Complete Chapter 3 Practice Questions as below 8) The handle of the pan for making chapatis are made of wooden material in order to:
Chapter 3 Forces and Energy a. Prevent heat transfer to hand by convection
b. Prevent heat transfer to hand by conduction
1) Tanmay has 4 blocks A-D, each made from a different type of wood. c. Prevent heat transfer to hand by radiation
All 4 blocks have the same volume. The masses of the blocks are: d. Provide support to the iron pan
a. 50 gms 9) Based on the following two statements, choose the correct option.
b. 76 gms Statement A: Equal volumes of the same liquid at different temperatures have the same
c. 32 gms thermal energy.
d. 68 gms Statement B: Different volumes of the same liquid at the same temperatures have
Which block has the greatest density? Write the letter: ………………………………. different thermal energies.
2) Energy is always _________________, meaning that energy cannot be_______________ a. Both the statements are true.
or ___________________. b. Both the statements are false.
3) Sam has some solid blocks with different densities. c. Statement A is true, but Statement B is false.
State how the density of the solid block should compare with water if the block is to float d. Statement A is false, but Statement B is true.
on water. 10) Three containers A, B, and C at different temperatures are in contact with each other as
shown in the figure below.
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4) Why sparks from a sparkler does not cause serious burn?
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5) Discuss the condition for floating and sinking of an object in a liquid
_________________________________________________________________________ Identify in which direction will thermal energy be transferred?
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6) Hot water at 90ºC is placed in a beaker and left in a room at a temperature of 25 ºC. Most b) A to C only
of the cooling of the water is caused by radiation and conduction. Which of these also c) A to B and A to C only
causes the temperature of the water to decrease? d) A to B and A to C and B to C
a. Freezing 11) Find density of a piece of metal which has a volume of 15 cm3 and a mass of 120 g in units
b. Condensation of
c. Evaporation a. gm/cc
d. Boiling b. kg/m3
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12) Amy puts two identical blocks in two different containers. There is pure water in one _________________________________________________________________________
container and salty water in the other. He observes that in salty water, the block floats, but _________________________________________________________________________
in pure water the block sinks because the density of salty water is _________________________________________________________________________
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16) Calculate the temperature difference between an ice cream at -11oC and a hot coffee at
90o C. [1]
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a. more than the pure water. 17) Are the quantities “Temperature” and “Heat” the same? [2]
b. less than the pure water. _________________________________________________________________________
c. the same as of pure water. _________________________________________________________________________
d. initially more than the pure water and then decrease. ____________________
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13) What would be the direction for the transmission of thermal energy for the given ____________________
situations? 18) State the law of conservation of energy.
a. When we hold a hot cup of coffee.[1]
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b. When an elephant enters a river's colder water.[1] _________________________________________________________________________
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_________________________________________________________________________ 19) The water at the foot of the waterfall will be at a different temperature from that at the
__________________ top. Why?
c. When we put apples in a freezer.[1] _________________________________________________________________________
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14) Why do the sparks that fall on hand holding the burning sparkler do not cause serious _________________________________________________________________________
burns? ____________________
_________________________________________________________________________ 20) Statement A: Evaporation of water gives the heating effect.
_________________________________________________________________________ Statement B: Air coolers use the evaporation of water to cool the air.
_________________________________________________________________________ a. Both the Statement A and the Statement B are correct.
b. Both the Statement A and the Statement B are wrong.
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c. The Statement A is correct, and the Statement B is wrong.
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d. The Statement A is wrong, and the Statement B is correct.
15) An object is placed at two different temperatures. Which image shows the higher
temperature state of the object? Justify your answer.
(Where yellow spheres represent the particles of the object).