A heater warms one tank from the bottom and an identical heater warms another from near the top. If the heater is placed near the TOP, what happens?

Assessment: Physics (9-1) 0972 | Paper 1 Mock 01 | Multiple Choice (Core) Subject: Physics (9-1) - 0972

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A heater warms one tank from the bottom and an identical heater warms another from near the top. diagram If the heater is placed near the TOP, what happens?

Answer Details

With the heater near the top, Only the upper water gets hot; the lower water stays cold. Warm water is less dense and stays where it is made, so no convection current forms to carry energy downward; the cold water below cannot rise. Because water is a poor conductor, very little energy reaches the bottom, so the tank does not heat evenly.

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