Why do your hands feel different temperatures on different surfaces in the same room?

Answer 1

Your question was a bit confusing at first, but did you mean, Why do different things feel different temperatures to you even though they are in the same room? If so, here's my answer.

Cold and hot is a perspective matter. It goes accordingly to how you feel, how cold you are and how warm you are. For one person, something might feel cold, while to you, it is warm.

That's just the basis of it.

Different things absorb heat differently. Heat is energy, which can be either "cold" or "hot." Most people talk about heat like it's hot, but it goes both ways.

Metal absorbs heat better than wood, meaning that it absorbs hot and cold temperatures faster. Different metals will absorb heat slowly or fast. Wood items, depending on density and exposure to direct sunlight, will absorb heat less quickly. They can also gain heat fast.

That's just another factor.

Sometimes, things get hotter slowly because they are big and there is more to warm up. Other things heat up quickly because there is less matter to warm up. Same with cooling down: The bigger things take more time to cool down, and small things cool down faster than larger items.

Here's an example of gaining heat:

On a seashore during the day, the water will be cooler than the land. The land, being exposed to the sun directly, absorbs heat quicker than the sea does.

When you think about it, there is typically more water on earth than land.

Therefore, the water must take more time to heat up. Water extends down the very bottom, where you then again, see land. On a globe, there is more blue than green or brown or pink, or whatever colors exist on your globe to represent land.

That land cools and warms up faster than the water, because there is less of it.

So at night, the water is going to be warm, and the land will be cool. These temperature changes are also what create land and sea breezes, but I'm not going to get into that.

So if you have a large wooden item that is hotter than a smaller metal item, check to see if it was in direct sunlight for a certain period of time.

Variables:

Size

Material

Sunlight exposure

Heat control

Items in contact

Hope this helps!

Answer 2

because of a higher point in the room(heat rises) or if you have a door that has an opening at the bottom cold air comes in and hot could go out