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Heat Questions - GCSE Level

Q18. Hermione investigated the insulating properties of newspaper.

(a) The diagram shows the apparatus she used.

 

Her results are shown in the graph below:

Describe a method the student could have used to obtain the results shown in this graph.

[6 marks]

(b) Hermione could have used a datalogger with a temperature probe instead of the digital thermometer.

This diagram shows the readings on the digital thermometer and the datalogger.

The datalogger records 10 readings every second. Hermione had considered using a temperature probe and datalogger, but decided not to. Explain why it was not necessary to use a temperature probe and datalogger for this investigation.

[2 marks]

(8 marks total)