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A heat pump can do that - for example, a refrigerator or an air conditioning system. This does require energy - heat will freely go only from hotter to colder bodies.

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What factor free covection heat flow depends?

The only factor that free convection heat flow depends on is the conductivity of the material. Heat moves toward a cold area and heat it up and the reverse is true for cold, it will cool down something warm.


Does cold absorb heat?

Sort of. In terms of physics, technically there is no such thing as cold. There is only heat, which is than measured on a scale to show how much heat is present. Heat will always transfer to something that has less heat than its present location. So technically no, cold does not absorb heat because cold is a perspective and not something that actually exists.. However, things that have less heat do absorb heat from things with more heat than itself. Cold is an abstract non physics word used to describe things with small amounts of heat, while in reality there is technically at least some measurable amount of heat if compared to true absolute 0 heat.


Which statements are true about a block of ice at -10 C as you continue to apply heat?

The ice is melted after 0C.


What direction does heat trasfer?

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Why flannel keeps ice unmelted but people warm?

Flannel acts as an insulator, keeping things at the same temperature. It slows down heat transfer with the surroundings. If what you wrap it in is colder than the surroundings, then it will take longer to warm up. If what you wrap in it is warmer than the surroundings, it will take longer to cool down. Ice can stay cold and people can stay warm. The same concept is true for the common thermos bottle - you can keep hot chocolate hot in it or cold juice cold. Note that in the case of people, we are constantly producing body heat from our metabolism so all the flanel has to do in order to keep us warm is to slow the heat transfer to a rate that is less than or equal to the rate at which our bodies are producing heat.

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Is it true that a hotter object always has a greater amount of heat than a cold object also give example?

yes it is true


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Why is it important that there is a heat balance around the earth?

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How heat transfers from a hot object to a cold object - illustration?

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Does cold absorb heat?

Sort of. In terms of physics, technically there is no such thing as cold. There is only heat, which is than measured on a scale to show how much heat is present. Heat will always transfer to something that has less heat than its present location. So technically no, cold does not absorb heat because cold is a perspective and not something that actually exists.. However, things that have less heat do absorb heat from things with more heat than itself. Cold is an abstract non physics word used to describe things with small amounts of heat, while in reality there is technically at least some measurable amount of heat if compared to true absolute 0 heat.


Why fingers expand in heat and contract in cold?

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What is bergmann's rule?

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Are reptiles cold blooded true or false?

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Which statements are true about a block of ice at -10 C as you continue to apply heat?

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True or false insulation rated R-35 allows more heat to pass through it than insulation rated R-1?

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