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Birds glide effortlessly in the air with the help of

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  1. Conduction of heat in the air

  2. Radiation of light through the atmosphere

  3. Convection currents of air

  4. More sugar

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

When birds flap their wings the density of the air decreases nearby since the air particles move apart. This less dense air rises and helps the bird to keep flying. The denser air replaces this space. This movement is known as convection current of air. 

It is hotter at the same distance over the top of a fire than it is on the side of it mainly because

physics transfer of heat applications of convection convection thermal energy transfers

  1. Heat is radiated upwards

  2. Air conducts heat upwards

  3. Convection takes more heat upwards

  4. Conduction, convection and radiation all contribute significantly in transferring heat upwards

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Convection significantly transferring heat upwards. The hot gases from the combustion rises so we get both the radiation heat from the flame to our hand and the convective heat transfer from the hot air to your hand.

State whether the given statement is True or False.
Most of the heat transfer that is taking place on the earth is by Radiation.

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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Most of heat transfer taking place on earth is due to conduction and convection .

If there were no atmosphere around the earth, the temperature of the earth will

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  1. Increase

  2. Decrease

  3. Increase during day and decrease during night

  4. Remain unaffected

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:
If there were no atmosphere around the earth, the temperature will decrease.
Earth's atmosphere traps heat from sun and keeps it near to the surface of earth, popularly known as green house effect. It keeps warming the planet and sustaining life on earth. If there were no atmosphere, average temperature drops below zero.
So, we can say that it will decrease.

Why it is more hotter for same distance over the top of a candle than it in the side of its flame?

physics transfer of heat applications of convection convection thermal energy transfers

  1. Conduction of heat in air is upward

  2. Heat is maximum radiated in upward direction

  3. Radiation and conduction both contribute in transferring heat upwards

  4. Convection takes more heat in upward direction

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The hot air is less dense (lighter) than the cooler air around it, so it naturally goes upward, making the area above the flame hotter than the area to the sides of it.

On the side of the fire you’re only getting the radiant heat from the burn. On the top you are getting the convective hot air and actual burn chemicals (smoke, etc.) rising with the less dense air.
Hence the D option is correct .

The process which are subjected to action of heat in absence of air is called

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  1. Extraction

  2. Polishing

  3. Calcination

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Calcination is defined as converting an ore into its oxide by heating strongly , below its melting point either in a limited supply of air or in the absence of air.

Heat is flowing through two cylindrical rods made of same materials whose ends are maintained at similar temperatures. If diameters of the rods are in ratio 1 : 2 and lengths in the ratio 2 : 1, then the ratio of thermal current through in steady state is:

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  1. 1 : 8

  2. 1 : 4

  3. 1 : 6

  4. 4 : 1

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The thermal current is nothing but the rate of flow heat,


$I=\dfrac{Q}{t}=K\Delta T\dfrac{A}{l}$. . . . . .(1)

Where,

$\Delta T= $ change in temperature

$A=\pi r^2$, cross-sectional area of the cylindrical rod.

$K=$ Thermal conductivity.

$l=$ length of the rod

From equation (1)

Thermal current is $I=4\pi K\Delta T \dfrac{d^2}{l}$

$I\alpha \dfrac{d^2}{l}$ where, $d=$ diameter of the cylindrical rod

Given,

$l _1:l _2=2:1$

$d _1:d _2=1:2$

The ratio of the thermal current  is,

$\dfrac{I _1}{I _2}=(\dfrac{d _1}{d _2})^2\times \dfrac{l _2}{l _1}$

$\dfrac{I _1}{I _2}=(\dfrac{1}{2})^2\times \dfrac{1}{2}$

$\dfrac{I _1}{I _2}=\dfrac{1}{8}$

$I _1:I _2=1:8$

Option A is correct.

A sphere ,a cone and a circular plate, all of same material and same mass are initially heated to same high temperature, then

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  1. Plate will cool fastest and cone the slowest

  2. Sphere will cool fastest and the cone slowest

  3. Plate will cool fastest and the cone slowest

  4. Cone will cool fastest and plate slowest

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Correct Option: C

Temperature of a room is ${ -15 }^{ 0 }C$ and outside temperature is ${ 10 }^{ 0 }C.$ If room temperature is made ${ 40 }^{ 0 }C$, then find outside temperature, if rate of heat flow is same in both cases. 

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  1. ${ 10 }^{ 0 }C$

  2. ${ 5 }^{ 0 }C$

  3. ${ 15 }^{ 0 }C$

  4. ${ 20 }^{ 0 }C$

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Correct Option: C

Ram want to drink tea, when it is at $50^0C$. He ordered tea which arrives at a temperature of $80^0C$.tea takes one minute to cool from $80^0Cto60^0C$. If room temperature is $30^0C$, how long he has to wait to drink the tea?

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  1. Less than one minute

  2. Two more minutes

  3. Half a minute

  4. Nearly three minute

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Correct Option: C