Explain how a heat pump works in the summer and in the winter. What is the ground temperature at around 5m below surface?
Heat pump circulates water from the outside ground to cool and warm the home. The ground temperature is around 8-10 degrees C at 5m below surface.
How would you separate the following mixtures?
a) Vegetable oil and sand
b) Salt and pepper
c) Blood
a) Oil will float and sand will settle b) Add water to dissolve the salt and filter out the pepper. Evaporate water from salt water. c) Centrifuge
Explain how a nuclear reactor works to produce electricity.
Refined uranium undergoes nuclear fission which produces heat to turn water to steam. Steam turns turbines and produces electricity.
Identify conduction, convection, and radiation in this photo.
Conduction – the park bench is getting hotter through the particles increasing kinetic energy and warming up
Convection – the breeze
Radiation – the sunlight
Name two types of renewable energy sources and two types of non-renewable energy sources.