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Question 30

Domestic refrigerators are designed with the cooling compartment at the top to cool the air inside the cabinet.

a.

The passage below explains the movement of air inside a refrigerator.

Choose the correct words from the box to complete the passage. Each word may be used once, more than once, or not at all:

conduction, contracts, faster, expands, increases, convection, decreases, slower

"Air is cooled by the compartment at the top and the air molecules move __________ .

The air __________ as the molecules pack closer together.

The density of the air __________ and the cold air sinks.

Warm air rises from the bottom of the fridge to replace it and the process continues as a __________ current."

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b.

An electric water pump is used to lift a mass of 250 kg250\text{ kg}250 kg of water vertically upwards by a height of 18 m18\text{ m}18 m from a low-level reservoir to a storage tank.

Water pump system diagram

State the equation linking gravitational potential energy (GPE), mass, ggg, and height.

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c.

Calculate the gain in GPE when the water is lifted 18 m18\text{ m}18 m.

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d.

State the work done in lifting the water.

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