Question 4 - Some ice cubes placed in a dish melt - Questions at the end of the chapter - Chapter 7 Class 7 - Heat Transfer in Nature (Curiosity)

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Q 4
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Some ice cubes placed in a dish melt into water after sometime. Where do the ice cubes get heat for this transformation?

🔗 Concepts: 7.1 Conduction  |  7.2 Convection  |  7.3 Radiation

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Ice gets heat from the surroundings via all three processes

Explanation

  • Conduction → heat flows through the dish into the ice.
  • Convection → warm air currents carry heat to the ice surface.
  • Radiation → surrounding objects radiate heat directly to the ice.
Ice absorbs heat from surroundings via conduction (through dish), convection (air currents), and radiation (surrounding objects).
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