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A student sets up four cups with 40 mL of water in each and adds different amounts of ice to each cup. The student measures the temperature of the water before and after the ice melts in each cup. Which statement describes how the student can determine the connection between the temperature change and the transfer of kinetic energy?

A. The cup with the greatest temp change has the least transfer of kinetic energy, and this transfer occurs from water the to ice.

B. The cup with the greatest temp change has the greatest transfer of kinetic energy, and this transfer occurs from water the to ice.

C. The cup with the greatest temp change has the least transfer of kinetic energy, and this transfer occurs from the ice to water.

D. The cup with the greatest temp change has the greatest transfer of kinetic energy, and this transfer occurs from the ice to water.

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B.

When ice melts it absorbs thermal (kinetic) energy from the warmer water. The more ice present, the more energy must be transferred to melt it, so the water's temperature drops more. Therefore the cup with the greatest temperature change experienced the greatest transfer of kinetic energy, and the transfer was from the water to the ice.