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When you pick up a spoon your body heat will warm up the part of the spoon you are touching why does the metal spoon feel colder than the wooden one?
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We are back to basic science metal is a conductor and wood is an INSULATOR.
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Why does a metal spoon feel colder than a wooden spoon when in cold water?
Because metal conducts heat faster than wood. The temperature of the water will be carried up to your hand much more efficiently by the metal spoon than a wooden spoon.
Why does a metal spoon feel colder than a wooden spoon at room temperature?
A metal conducts heat faster. Thus, the heat will be taken away from your hand faster.
Why does a metal spoon feel colder than a wooden spoon when its taken out of the refrigerator?
Metal conducts heat better than wood. When you touch the cold spoons, the heat of your hand travels away more quickly through the metal, so it feels colder.
Why does a metal spoon feel hotter than a wooden spoon when in hot water?
because metal is a conductor which likes hot things
Place a wooden spoon and a metal spoon in the freezer. Which will cool faster After several hours what would they feel like?
The metal spoon will cool faster because it has a lower heat capacity. After several hours they both will feel the same.
Is your body warmer or colder than a wooden spoon or metal spoon?
your body is warmer than a metal or wooden when the spoons aren't heated up but when they are the spoons are warmer
Why does a metal spoon feel colder than a wooden spoon when in cold water?
Because metal conducts heat faster than wood. The temperature of the water will be carried up to your hand much more efficiently by the metal spoon than a wooden spoon.
Why does a metal spoon feel colder than a wooden spoon at room temperature?
A metal conducts heat faster. Thus, the heat will be taken away from your hand faster.
Why does a metal spoon feel colder than a wooden spoon when its taken out of the refrigerator?
Metal conducts heat better than wood. When you touch the cold spoons, the heat of your hand travels away more quickly through the metal, so it feels colder.
What is uses of wooden spoon?
to stir things. You would use a wooden spoon instead of a metal spoon because metal spoons are not good with pans.
What is the used of wooden spoon?
to stir things. You would use a wooden spoon instead of a metal spoon because metal spoons are not good with pans.
Why can you bend a metal spoon but not a wooden spoon?
because metal is bindable and wood is a solid
What is a curry spoon?
A curry spoon is a large wooden or sometimes metal spoon used to stir curry.
What are the utensils for cake?
A wooden spoon, somtimes a whisk, or knife, metal spoon, or a fork.
Why does a metal spoon feel hotter than a wooden spoon when in hot water?
because metal is a conductor which likes hot things
A metal spoon was left in a pot of boiling soup The cook burned a finger by touching the spoon Why did the finger get burned?
metal transfers heat
Wooden spoon when dipped in ice cream becomes cold or not?
Normally, any spoon you put in ice cream(wooden or metal) becomes cold.
