An electric kettle heats water. Which energy transfer is useful and which is unwanted?
Heating the room is unwanted; heating the water is unwanted.
Heating the room is useful; heating the water is unwanted.
Heating the water is useful; heating the room is useful.
Heating the water is useful; heating the room is unwanted.
105 exam-style questions on Edexcel GCSE Physics 10.3 Electrical energy and power, covering 10.3.1 The heating effect of an electric current, 10.3.2 Reducing energy transfer in wires, 10.3.3 Advantages and disadvantages of the heating effect, 10.3.4 Energy transferred by an electrical circuit, 10.3.5 Electrical power, and 10.3.6 Energy transfers in domestic devices. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.