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Why does a metal spoon handle gets hot in soup but a plastic spoon handle does not?
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∙ 9y ago
Because metals conduct heat really well. Plastics conduct only a little heat with difficulty.
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What are examples of conductivity?
When you hand touches the hot handle of a pot. When you touch an ice cube and it melts in your hand. When the spoon touches hot water and the spoon gets hot. When the spoon touches cold ice cream and the ice cream melts.
Why doesn't it boil over when you put a wooden spoon over it?
because it is wood not metal ,metal gets heated really fast but wood nahh
Why does metal feel colder then wood to touch?
Metal is a conductor of heat, so it gets hot from the hot water in it. Plastic is an insulator meaning it does not conduct heat and get hot. So the metal mug gets hot and the plastic mug does not.
Which kind of heat transfer takes place if you put a spoon in a cup of soup and the spoon gets hot to the touch?
Conduction if the spoon is a conductor
Why does an empty glass cracks when you pour very hot water into it but does not crack if there is a metal spoon in it?
It will crack because like clay in a hot oven, if all the spots are not covered correctly, it will have a chance of cracking, but when the hot water gets into the crack, it will start to make it bigger. If the expansion is uneven, the glass will break and I don't understand why it won't break with a metal spoon.
Why does a metal spoon get hot in a pot of boiling water?
'nothing, it's like putting a spoon in a hot soup' Wrong ^ As the metal spoon is a better conductor of heat than the air the hot water (or soup) and the spoon as a larger surface area with the air (or active sight) it transfers heat to the surrounding faster, thus cooling the hot liquid faster.
What kind of handle would be best for a metal pot and why?
Wood because it does not melt and/or get really hot. Metal, when heated, gets super hot. Plastic, when heated, melts.
How would you summarize what sort of materials are insulators and which are conductors?
Conductors are usually made of metals. The reason why the handle of a metal spoon gets hot in a hot bowl of soup is because metal is a conductor of heat. Insulators are usually made of materials such as styrofoam, plastic, and paper. That is why when you buy a cup of coffee at a cafe it is given to you in a paper cup.
If a spoon gets hot quickly when used to stir it is probably made of what?
metal
Why does energy transfer from a hob to a spoon?
The heat energy is transferred from the hob to the metal spoon through conduction; this is where particles that vibrate a lot due to their heat energy then 'pass on' these vibrations to the next adjacent particle which does the same and so on. Metals are a good conductor of heat so that is why the metal spoon gets hot, however, wood is not a good conductor of heat and so the wooden saucepan handle doesn't get hot.
What is the reason that a spoon gets hot when it is in a bowl of hot soup?
The reason a sppon gets hot when it is in a bowl of hot soup?because heat travels to the spoon to your hand.the more you leave the spoon in the soup,the more heat travels to the spoon and gets hotter and hotter.
Look at figure 6-1 in your text Explain the transfer of energy in diagram and tell why the metal spoon gets hot?
part of the spoon is heated by contact with the hot water .heat is transferred through the metal spoon, particle by paricle, until the entire spoon is hot.
You had your soup in your spoon while you microwaved it?
What happens when you have your spoon in the microwave is it gets really hot and melts in the inside where you can't see it
What are examples of conductivity?
When you hand touches the hot handle of a pot. When you touch an ice cube and it melts in your hand. When the spoon touches hot water and the spoon gets hot. When the spoon touches cold ice cream and the ice cream melts.
Why doesn't it boil over when you put a wooden spoon over it?
because it is wood not metal ,metal gets heated really fast but wood nahh
Which example best demonstrates the process of conduction?
A metal spoon gets warm when used to stir hot soup.
When a metal and a black plastic is put into hot boiling water at the same time which gets hot first?
the metal.
