NEW CAMBRIDGE SCHOOL

FACULTY EXACT SCIENCES

AREA SCIENCE

TEACHER KRÍSTEL JIMÉNEZ VADO

GRADE 8TH

DATE

STUDENT

PHYSICS: To understand a chemical reaction and their energy changes, and to explain how to prepare some
common salts, describing the effects of concentration, surface area, temperature and catalysts on the rate of a
reaction.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

 Use knowledge of energy sources including fossil fuels and renewable energy resources to consider the
world’s energy needs, including research from secondary sources
 Identify and explain the thermal (heat) energy transfer of processes of conduction, convection and
radiation
 Explain cooling by evaporation

1. Use the words and phrases from the box to complete the sentences below. Use each word once, more than
once, or not at all.

longer energy shorter temperature mass

colour

The time it takes to heat some water depends on the mass of water you are heating, and the temperature that
you want to the water to reach. It takes a longer time to heat a greater mass of water because it needs more
energy It would also need more energy to heat the same mass of water to a higher temperature

2. Complete the table by ticking the one or both columns for each statement.

Thermal energy Temperature

Measured in joules 

Measured with a thermometer. 

Does not depend on how much material


there is.

Measured in degrees Celsius. 

Increases if you heat something for longer. 

3. It takes 4200 J to raise the temperature of 1 kg of water by 1°C.

a. How much energy in KJ would it take to raise the temperature of 1 kg of water by 2°C?
 8.4KJ
b. How much energy in kJ would it take to raise the temperature of 3 kg of water by 1°C?

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12.6kj………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

4. Write T next to the statements that are true. Write F next to the statements that are false.
Then write corrected versions of the statements that are false.

a. Liquids are poor conductors. T

Because particles in liquids are far apart so they make difficult the conductivity.
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a. Things that feel cold conduct thermal energy away from our hands. F
When you feel something warm you are gaining the energy
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b. Wood and plastic are insulators. T
Wood and plastic can conduct energy
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c. The particles in a metal that is hot are vibrating less than the particles in a metal that is cold. F
Particles that are hot vibrate faster because they have more energy.
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5. A teacher is showing her students how metals conduct. She dips the ends of three metal rods in melted wax
and then sticks a drawing pin to the end of each rod. She heats the other ends of the rods with a Bunsen
burner.

Metal Time for drawing pin to drop off(s)

copper 60

iron 380

aluminium 200

Which have the best thermal conductivity? Base in the chart

Copper, because the time to conduct the heat was faster making the pin drop in the shortest time

6. Use the words and phrases from the box to complete the sentences below. Use each word once, more than
once, or not at all.

upwards colder decreases expands convection current increases denser

warmer less dense

When air is heated it expands This means that its density decrease. It moves upwards and colder air moves in
to take its place. This movement of air is called convection current.

7. The Earth’s sister planet is Venus. Venus is about the same size as the Earth but it has a very different
atmosphere. The planet Mercury has no atmosphere.

Earth Venus Mercury

atmosphere 78% nitrogen 96% carbon dioxide none

21% oxygen 3% nitrogen
1% other gases including 1% other gases
carbon dioxide

density of atmosphere 1 56 0
(compared to Earth)

temperature 20°C (-80°C to +50°C) 462°C -183°C to +467°C

a. Use the information in the table to explain why the average temperature on Venus is so much higher
than on Earth.
Because Venus have more carbon dioxide than the Earth.

b. Use the information in the table to explain why the temperature on Mercury varies so much more than
temperature on Mercury varies so much more than the temperature on Earth.
8. Write T next to the statements that are true. Write F next to the statements that are false. Then write
corrected versions of the statements that are false.
a. (F) The average speed of molecules in a liquid is the fastest speed.
Because gas have faster molecules.

b. (F) When a liquid evaporates the average speed of the molecules in the liquid decreases.
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c. (….) If the temperature of a liquid becomes lower the average speed of the molecules in it will be bigger
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9. Explain why your hands feel cool when you get them wet.
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10. If you stand near fire on a cold night, you feel warm even though the air is cold, why?
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11. A student is doing an experiment about convection. She puts a purple crystal in the
bottom of a beaker of water and heats it from below.

a. On the diagram draw what she would see after a few moments.
b. What is produced in the water when it is heated?
………………………………………..
c. She takes another beaker and fills it with water. This time she puts an ice cube
made with purble water on top. On the diagram draw what she would see after a few
moments.

12. Here are two pie charts showing how the way that we generate electricity has
changed.

a. Which of the fuels in the pie charts are renewable (ignoring “other”)?
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b. Which of the fuels in pie charts are non-renewable (ignoring “other”)?

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13. Use the words and phrases from the box to complete the sentences below. Use each word once, more than
once, or not at all.

animals thousands mud trees compressed millions

sand rock stretched

Coal is made from ………………………………………………….. which grew in swamps

……………………………………… of years ago. When they died they fell into the swamp and were covered in
………………………………………. . More layers of ……………………….. formed and
………………………………….. them and heated them. Over ……………………………………………. of years
the …………………………………………….. turned to rock and the ……………………………………………
turned to coal.
14. Complete the table by placing a tick in the correct column.

True for the True for oil True for both

coal

Took a very long time to form.

Made from trees.

Can be found underground

Formed as a result of heat and

pressure.

Made from sea creatures

15. Here is a list of statements about how electricity is generated in a fossil fuel power station.
They are in the wrong order.

A. The turbine drives a generator.

B. Water is heated to produced steam
C. A fossil fuel is burned.
D. The steam drives a turbine.
E. Electricity is generated.

a. Write down the letters so that the statements are in the

correct order.

b. Here is a Sankey diagram of fossil fuel power station. Complete the missing labels on the diagram.
c. How efficient is the power station? …………………………..

16. Use the words and phrases from the box to complete the sentences below. Use each word once, more than
once, or not at all.

bigger coil current direction electromagnet induced

magnet magnetic more poles speed strength
stronger

a. You can generate electricity by moving a ………………………………… of wire in a

……………………………………. field. The size of the voltage depends on the ………………………………. of the
movement and the ……………………………………… of the magnet.

b. In a model generator a ………………………………………………… rotates between the

……………………………………………. of a magnet.
If a …………………………………………… with ……………………………………….. turns is used the voltage is
greater.
If the ……………………………………….. spins ……………………………………… the voltage is greater.

17. A student moves a coil towards a magnet and sees an induced voltage on the voltmeter.
What would she notice about the induced voltage if:

a. She moved the magnet towards the coil at a slower speed?

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b. She moved the magnet towards the coil at the same speed?
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c. She turned the magnet round and moved it towards the coil?
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18. These questions are all about solar and geothermal energy.

a. What percentage of energy is wasted in a modern solar cell? …………………………..

b. How many times more efficient is a modern cell compared to with an old one?
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c. What are the disadvantages of using solar energy? ………………………………………………………………….
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d. What is the source in geothermal energy?
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REFERENCES

Large, Pam. Complete biology for Cambridge Secondary 1. Oxford university express.

AUTHOR: APPROVED BY:

KRÍSTEL JIMÉNEZ VADO CARLOS SERRANO

DATE: DATE OF APPROVAL:

MAY 5TH