Question

Rose makes a cup of hot tea. She places the cup of tea on the kitchen table and waits for it to cool off. When she picks up the cup a few minutes later, she notices the kitchen table is warm where the cup used to be. Which best explains the flow of energy between the cup and the table?

A.
Heat transferred from the cup to the table, and cold was exchanged between both.

B.
Cold transferred from the table to the cup to cool the tea.

C.
Cold transferred from the table to the cup, and heat was exchanged between both.

D.
Heat transferred from the cup to the table to warm the table.

Answer 1

D. Heat transferred from the cup to the table to warm the table.

Thermal energy flows from the hotter object (the cup of tea) to the cooler object (the table) until they move toward the same temperature.