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  1. Q4. A small cup of tea at 60 °C is placed in a large room at 25 °C. The room holds far more internal energy than the tea. In which direction does heat flow?

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    From the tea to the room, because the tea is at the higher temperature. The amount of energy each holds does not decide the direction.

  2. Q5. A 60 W lamp runs for one hour and all the electrical energy ends up as heating. How much energy is this, in joules and, using 1 cal = 4.186 J, in kilocalories?

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    60 × 3600 = 2.16 × 10 J, which is 2.16 × 10/4186, about 51.6 kcal.

  3. Q6. Body A is in thermal equilibrium with body C, and body B is also in thermal equilibrium with C. If A and B are placed in contact, will heat flow between them?

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    There is no net heat transfer. A and C are at the same temperature, and so are B and C, so A and B are at the same temperature as each other. (This is the zeroth law of thermodynamics, met in the next chapter.)