Question
16. Eric pours some iced tea into a glass. When he puts the iced tea in the glass, the energy of the glass decreases. What must be true of the energy of the iced tea?
Responses
a
Its energy stays the same while the energy of the glass decreases.
Its energy stays the same while the energy of the glass decreases.
b
Its energy decreases while the energy of the glass decreases.
Its energy decreases while the energy of the glass decreases.
c
Its energy increases while the energy of the glass decreases.
Its energy increases while the energy of the glass decreases.
d
It is impossible to know without data on the number of molecules in each object.
It is impossible to know without data on the number of molecules in each object.
Responses
a
Its energy stays the same while the energy of the glass decreases.
Its energy stays the same while the energy of the glass decreases.
b
Its energy decreases while the energy of the glass decreases.
Its energy decreases while the energy of the glass decreases.
c
Its energy increases while the energy of the glass decreases.
Its energy increases while the energy of the glass decreases.
d
It is impossible to know without data on the number of molecules in each object.
It is impossible to know without data on the number of molecules in each object.
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The correct response is:
**c**
Its energy increases while the energy of the glass decreases.
This is because when Eric pours the iced tea into the glass, the iced tea's energy (specifically its thermal energy) might be increasing as it is moving from a potentially warmer environment to a cooler one (the glass), leading to a decrease in the thermal energy of the glass. The principle of energy transfer (specifically thermal energy transfer) indicates that energy will flow from the warmer substance to the cooler one until thermal equilibrium is reached.
**c**
Its energy increases while the energy of the glass decreases.
This is because when Eric pours the iced tea into the glass, the iced tea's energy (specifically its thermal energy) might be increasing as it is moving from a potentially warmer environment to a cooler one (the glass), leading to a decrease in the thermal energy of the glass. The principle of energy transfer (specifically thermal energy transfer) indicates that energy will flow from the warmer substance to the cooler one until thermal equilibrium is reached.