A hot cup of coffee is sitting on a table in a 70 degree room. Which of the following best describes the direction of heat transfer?(1 point)

Responses

Heat will transfer from the room to the coffee.
Heat will transfer from the room to the coffee.

There will be no net transfer of heat between the coffee and the room.
There will be no net transfer of heat between the coffee and the room.

Heat will transfer equally in both directions between the coffee and the room.
Heat will transfer equally in both directions between the coffee and the room.

Heat will transfer from the coffee to the room.

1 answer

Heat will transfer from the coffee to the room.

In this scenario, since the coffee is hot and the room is at a lower temperature (70 degrees), heat will naturally flow from the hotter object (the coffee) to the cooler surroundings (the room) until thermal equilibrium is reached.