Y9 SCIENCE (REVISION)

Name: _________________________________ Class: __________________ Date: ___________

1 The drawings below show what happens to the energy supplied to four appliances.

(a) (i) What percentage of energy of the light bulb is given out as light?
Write your answer on the line by the light bulb. [1]

(ii) What percentage of energy is wasted by the mixer?

Write your answer in the box by the mixer. [1]

(iii) Complete the sentence below.

Parts of the mixer become hot because some of the electrical energy is converted
into .......................................... energy which is dissipated as waste.
 (b) (i) Energy is wasted as sound in many appliances.
Which appliance in the drawings produces sound which is not wasted?

….………………………………….. [1]

(ii) Use a Sankey diagram to show the energy distribution in this appliance.

[2]

(c) In which of the appliances is the highest percentage of energy wasted?

….………………………………….. [1]

2 (a) Jacquie has a mobile phone. Energy is stored in the battery of the phone.
The drawing shows the battery being charged.

(i) Which energy transfer takes place in the battery as it is being charged?
Tick () the correct box.

(ii) When the battery is fully charged, Jacquie unplugs the phone.
Which energy transfers take place when the mobile phone rings?
Tick () the correct box.
3 (a) Solve the following question.

(i) A student measures the mass of an 8 cm3 block of brown sugar to be 12.9 g. What is the
density of the brown sugar?

[1]

(ii) A chef fills a 50 cm3 container with 43.5 g of cooking oil. What is the density of the oil?

[1]

(iii) Calculate the mass of a liquid with a density of 2.5 g/cm3 and a volume of 15 cm3.

[1]

(iv) Calculate the volume of a liquid with a density of 5.45 g/cm3 and a mass of 65 g.

[1]

(v) A machine shop worker records the mass of an aluminum cube as 176 g. If one side of the
cube measures 4 cm, what is the density of the aluminum?

[2]

(vi) A teacher performing a demonstration finds that a piece of cork displaces 23.5 cm3 of water.
The piece of cork has a mass of 5.7 g. What is the density of the cork?

[1]

(vii) A carver begins work on the following block of granite. It has a density of with a density of
2.70 g/cm3. What is the mass of the granite?

[2]
 (viii) A piece of PVC plumbing pipe displaces 60 cm3 when placed into a container of water. If the
pipe has a mass of 78 g, what is the density of PVC?

[1]

(ix) A solid magnesium flare has a mass of 1300 g and a volume of 743 cm3. What is the density
of the magnesium?

[1]

(b) A graduated cylinder has a mass of 50 g when empty. When 30 cm3 of water is added, the
graduated cylinder has a mass of 120 g. If a rock is added to the graduated cylinder, the water level
rises to 75 cm3 and the total mass is now 250 g. What is the density of the rock?

[3]

(c) A student performs an experiment with three

unknown fluids and obtains the following
measurements:

Fluid A: m = 2060 g, V = 2000 cm3

Fluid B: m = 672 g, V = 850 cm3
Fluid C: m = 990 g, V = 1100 cm3

Draw how the fluids would be layered if they

were combined in a beaker.

4 Use your density skills to find the identity of the following mystery objects.

solids density g/cm3 solids density g/cm3

marble 2.56 copper 8.92
quartz 2.64 gold 19.32
diamond 3.52 platinum 21.4

(a) While digging in the backyard, you find an old coin. Its mass is 26.76 g and its
volume is 3 cm. What is the coin made of?

….……………………………………… [2]
 (b) You think you have found a diamond. Its mass is 5.28 g and its volume is 2 cm3.
What did you find?

….……………………………………… [2]

(c) You find a ring with a mass of 107 g. You fill a graduated cylinder up with 10 cm3
of water and put the ring into the cylinder. The water rises up to the 15 cm3 mark.
What is the ring made of?

….……………………………………… [2]

(d) There is a block on your desk that acts as a paperweight. Its measurements are
3 cm by 4 cm by 6 cm. The block has a mass of 184.32 g. What is the block
made of?

….……………………………………… [2]

5 (a) Define the following terms:

(i) conduction

[2]

(ii) convection

[2]

(iii) radiation

[2]

(b) Identify the method of heat transfer that takes place in each illustration. Some illustrations may
show more than one form of heat transfer.

(i) (ii) (iii)

 (iv) (v) (vi)

(vii) (viii) (ix)

(x) (xi) (xii)

(c) In each of the following situations, identify the method of heat transfer taking place (conduction,
convection, radiation). More than one process may be occurring.

(i) Hot coffee is stirred with a spoon, the spoon gets hot due to .

(ii) Near the ceiling of a room the air is warmer. The warm air rises because of .
(iii) A chair is placed several feet from a fire in a fireplace. The fireplace has a glass screen. The
side of the chair facing the fireplace gets warm because of .

(iv) A certain type of decorative lamp contains colored liquids. These liquids form globs that break
off and rise to the top of the liquid. The globs rise due to .

(v) A college student holds the back of his hand near an iron to see if it is hot. Heat is transferred
to his hand by .

(vi) A heater is placed under one corner of a water bed mattress. Warm water moves throughout
the mattress because of .

(vii) A certain type of stainless steel cookware has a layer of copper applied to the bottom to help it
heat evenly. The copper transfers heat to the pan by .

(viii) In a swimming pool, the water near the surface is slightly warmer. The warm water rises
because of .

(ix) One end of a copper rod is placed in a flame of a Bunsen burner. Small pieces of wax placed
along the rod melt at progressively larger distance from the flame. Heat is transferred through
the rod by .

(x) A house burns down. On the house across the street, all of the vinyl siding is twisted and
warped by the heat. The heat was transferred across the street by .

(xi) Warm air over the beach rises while cooler dense air from the ocean rushes in due to
.

(xii) The metal skewer gets so hot that you drop your marshmallow in the campfire because of
.

(xiii) A huge rock at the state park gets so hot during the day that you can’t sit on it from
.

(xiv) You lay on that same rock at night so that you can keep warm by .

(xv) A fireman feels a door and it is hot from the fire on the other side due to .

(xvi) The cause of weather systems on earth is .

(xvii) You are in the top bunk of a bunk bed and you want to turn the air conditioner on while your
friend on the bottom bunk is fine is caused by .