Gujarati
10-2.Transmission of Heat
easy

Surface of the lake is at $2°C$ . Find the temperature of the bottom of the lake..... $^oC$

A

$2$

B

$3$

C

$4$

D

$1$

Solution

(c) A lake cools from the surface down. Above $4^\circ C,$ the cooled water at the surface flows to the bottom because of it’s greater density.

But when the surface temperature drops below $4^\circ C$ (here it is $2^\circ C$), the water near the surface is less dense than the warmer water below.

Hence the downward flow ceases, the water at the bottom remains at $4^\circ C$ until nearly the entire lake, is frozen.

Standard 11
Physics

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