Physics 0625 · IGCSE · Transfer of thermal energy

Transfer of thermal energy — practice question

A liquid at room temperature is placed on a metal surface that is also at room temperature. A student then blows lightly over the liquid and its temperature falls. What makes the liquid cooler?

  • ABubbles of water vapour form in the liquid and go into the air.
  • BThe moving air reduces the kinetic energy of all the particles in the liquid.
  • CThermal energy flows from the liquid into the metal.
  • DThe more energetic particles in the liquid escape into the air.

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