Monday, 28 July 2014

Think 3 and 4


Think 3 : Though the temperature of both the tile and the parquet is the same,our sense of touch is a poor estimate of temperature,thus the tile feels colder.Both the parquet and tile has a lower temperature than our legs and so we lose thermal energy to them,but since we lose thermal energy to the tile at a faster rate than the parquet,it feels colder.

Think 4 :  The hotter water will lose thermal energy to the colder water, the colder water will gain heat from the colder water.After a while, they will reach the same temperature.(temperature equilibrium).




Monday, 21 July 2014

Think 1 and 2


My answer :
Q1 Since the outside is hotter and the room is colder,we enter the room hot and lose thermal energy to the cooler air in the room.

Q2 when we come out of a swimming pool,we are covered in water droplets.They evaporate fast due to the hotter surrounding as it is a hot day.They bring away thermal energy from out body,making us feel cold and we shiver to warm us up again.