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'nothing, it's like putting a spoon in a hot soup'

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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.

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Why would medel spoon be hotter in the boiling water then the wooden spoon?

Metal conducts heat better than wood, so a metal spoon will absorb heat more quickly from the boiling water, making it hotter to the touch. On the other hand, wood is a poor conductor of heat, so a wooden spoon will not get as hot as quickly in the same boiling water.


What will happen when you put a metal spoon in boiling water?

some water vapor released from boiling would condense on the cold spoon as water droplets.


Think of a metal spoon in a pot of hot water. How do the particles of the water affect the particles of the spoon?

Conduction is what transfers the heat in this process. The fast moving particles in the hot electric coil collide with the slow-moving particles in the cool pot. The transfer of the heat causes the pot's particles to move faster. Then the pot's particles collide with the water's particles, which in turn collide with the particles of the spoon. As the particles move faster, the metal spoon becomes hotter.


Why cant you stir hot soap with a metal spoon for a long time?

Stirring hot soap with a metal spoon for a long time can cause the metal spoon to heat up and potentially burn you. Additionally, the metal spoon can react with the soap ingredients, leading to contamination of the soap. It is safer to use a heat-resistant utensil, such as a silicone or wooden spoon, when working with hot soap.


How does a spoon get hot in hot water?

When a spoon is placed in hot water, the heat energy from the water is transferred to the spoon through conduction. The heat causes the particles in the spoon to move faster, increasing its temperature.

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A metal spoon becomes hot after being left in a pan of boiling water. This is an example of .?

Conduction of heat. When the spoon is left in the boiling water, the molecules in the hot water transfer kinetic energy to the metal spoon, causing its temperature to increase.


A metal spoon becomes hot after being left in a pan of boiling water. This is an example of?

Conduction


Joan placed a metal spoon in a pot while boiling some water to make soup After a while she found that the metal spoon is too hot to pick up She wondered how the metal spoon became so hot?

The metal spoon became hot from conducting heat from the boiling water in the pot. Metals are good conductors of heat, so the metal spoon absorbed the heat energy from the water, causing it to become hot to the touch.


Why would medel spoon be hotter in the boiling water then the wooden spoon?

Metal conducts heat better than wood, so a metal spoon will absorb heat more quickly from the boiling water, making it hotter to the touch. On the other hand, wood is a poor conductor of heat, so a wooden spoon will not get as hot as quickly in the same boiling water.


What will happen when you put a metal spoon in boiling water?

some water vapor released from boiling would condense on the cold spoon as water droplets.


What are 3 examples conduction?

Well, not only three that i know... Keeping a spoon in a boiling pot of water and waiting 5 minuites and touching it again can burn your hand. the heat transfered from the water to the spoon and now the spoon in hot.


Why the end of a spoon sticking out a cup oh hat water also get hot?

The spoon sticking out of a cup of hot water also gets hot because heat is transferred from the water to the metal spoon through conduction. The metal material of the spoon allows heat to flow easily, causing the temperature of the spoon to increase as it comes into contact with the hot water.


What causes your hand to be hot when you touch a spoon that is in boiling water?

Sensory nerves.


A metal spoon was left in a pot of boiling soup the cook burned his finger by touching the spoon why did the finger get burned?

Metal is a conductor. The spoon heated up from the soup and when the cook touched the spoon, he got burned because the spoon was hot from the soup.


Why does a metal spoon feel hotter than a wooden spoon when in hot water?

Metal conducts heat better than wood, so the metal spoon quickly absorbs the heat from the hot water, making it feel hotter to the touch compared to the wooden spoon, which does not conduct heat as efficiently.


Why does a metal spoon kept in hot tea become hot?

The heat will transfer to the spoon (if metal).


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.