Answer the following questions in your copybooks:

Read your book Complete Physics, pages 104 – 105

1. Thermal expansion is used in thermometers. Explain how.
2. Why are gaps left at the end of bridges?
3. Why are overhead cables hung with plenty of slack in them?
4. Explain why it would not be a good idea to reinforce concrete with aluminium rods.
Read your Physics book, pages 108 – 113
5. Why are metals the best thermal conductors?
6. Why are wool and plastic foam poor thermal conductors?
7. On a hot summer’s day, coastal winds often blow in from the sea. What causes this wind?
Why do the winds change direction at night?
8. Why a radiant heater or grill starts to glow “red hot” when it heats up?
9. Why on a sunny day, is it normally hotter inside a greenhouse than inside a wooden shed?
Answer the following questions in your copybooks:
Use the link Simulation:
https://interactives.ck12.org/simulations/chemistry/phases-of-matter/app/index.html?screen=sandbox

1. What is the relationship between molecular motion and energy?

2. Does the temperature of the water rise while it is boiling?
3. When you boil water, why does the level of liquid decrease?
4. Describe the movement of solid particles.