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If an ice cube were placed on the hot radiator, how would most of the kinetic energy be transferred?
from the radiator to the ice cube
from the ice cube to the radiator
from the radiator to the air
from the ice cube to the air
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From the radiator to the ice cube.
Heat flows from the hotter object to the colder one (second law of thermodynamics). Because the ice is in direct contact with the hot radiator, most thermal (kinetic) energy is conducted into the ice, melting it (though some energy also warms the air).
Heat flows from the hotter object to the colder one (second law of thermodynamics). Because the ice is in direct contact with the hot radiator, most thermal (kinetic) energy is conducted into the ice, melting it (though some energy also warms the air).
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