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Which direction will thermal energy flow if you pick up a snowball with your bare hand?
Thermal energy will flow from the snowball to your hand.
Thermal energy will flow from your hand to the snowball.
Thermal energy will not flow between your hand and the snowball.
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Thermal energy will flow from your hand to the snowball.
Reason: heat flows spontaneously from the warmer object to the colder one; your hand is warmer than the snowball, so heat conducts into the snowball (making it melt and your hand feel cold) until temperatures equalize.
Reason: heat flows spontaneously from the warmer object to the colder one; your hand is warmer than the snowball, so heat conducts into the snowball (making it melt and your hand feel cold) until temperatures equalize.
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