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Which of the following is a good conductor of heat?

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  1. Steel

  2. Glass

  3. Wood

  4. Rubber

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Steel being an alloy of metals, it has free electrons in its atoms. They start moving along with the heat flow and help in the conduction of heat. All metals are good conductors. The other three being non-metals, do not have free electrons. Hence they are bad conductors

Heat travels much faster in insulators than in conductors.

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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:
The statement if false, heat travels much faster in insulators than in conductors.
Heat travels faster in conductor. Insulators donot even conduct heat, When heat is consumed by the conductor, it has 3 modes of transfer of heat conduction, convection and radiation.

Which of the following is/are bad conductors of heat?

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  1. Glass

  2. Aluminium

  3. Iron

  4. Wood

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Correct Option: A,D
Explanation:

All metals are good conductors while non-metals are bad conductors of heat.

Name a metal among the following having highest heat conductivity .

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  1. Silver

  2. Copper

  3. Aluminium

  4. Brass

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:
Following are the thermal conductivities of the following metals and alloys: ( in $wK/m$ )
$Silver-430 \\ Copper-400 \\ Aluminium-235 \\ Brass-109$
Order of thermal (heat) conductivity:
$Silver \gt Copper \gt Aluminium \gt Brass$
So, Silver has highest thermal conductivity

When we touch a steel rod and a paper simultaneously, we feel that the rod is colder because:

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  1. iron being a good conductor conducts more heat from our body

  2. paper being a good conductor conducts more heat from our body

  3. more heat flows from the iron to our body

  4. more heat flows from the paper to our body

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

When we touch a steel rod and a paper simultaneously in winter, we feel the rod is comparatively colder because steel being a good conductor of heat, heat from our hand flows to steel but there is no transfer of heat from our hand to paper as it is an insulator of heat. So we don't feel cold when we touch a paper but we do when we touch a steel rod.

A good insulator of heat is

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  1. copper

  2. mercury

  3. trapped air

  4. iron

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

A thermal conductor is a material that allows energy in the form of heat, to be transferred within the material, without any movement of the material itself. Eg. Metals.

An insulator is a material that does not allow a transfer of electricity or energy. Materials that are poor thermal conductors can also be described as being good thermal insulators.Eg. trapped air

Which of the following statement is true?

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  1. Metals are bad conductors of heat

  2. In gases, heat is transferred by conduction

  3. In conduction, molecules move from hotter to colder parts transmitting energy

  4. Metals conduct heat better than the gases.

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:
Metals conduct heat better than gases.
Order of conduction of heat
Solid $\gt$ Liquid $\gt$ Gas

Which of the following are good conductors of heat?

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  1. Metals

  2. Glass

  3. Water

  4. Wood

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Metals are generally good conductors of heat.
Non - metals are poor conductors of heat.

Which of the following is the very poor conductor of heat ?

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  1. Water

  2. Metals

  3. Liquid other than water

  4. Steam

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Water is the poor conductor among all. As it is liquid and liquids generally have low heat conductivity than solids. Tighter the molecules are held, more the vibrational energy can transfer between them, heat is no more than vibrating molecules. If we talk about steam, its molecules are less tightly held. But it's important to note that we are talking here of heat conductivity not convection or radiation and contact surface area with heat source.

Assertion (A): Woolen clothes keep the body warm in winter
Reason (R): Air is bad conductor of heat

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  1. Both A and R are true,

  2. Both A and R are false

  3. Both A and R are true, R is correct explanation of A

  4. Both A and R are true, R is not correct explanation of A

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Woollen clothes effectively separate the body from surrounding air by entrapping a layer of air.
Since both wool and air are bad conductors of heat on varying levels, it creates separation that keeps bodies warm.