Question

What happens when a cold spoon is placed in hot soup?(1 point)

The spoon’s molecules have less kinetic energy, so they transfer thermal energy to the soup.

The soup’s molecules have the same kinetic energy as the spoon’s molecules, so there is no transfer of thermal energy.

The soup’s molecules have more potential energy, so they transfer thermal energy to the spoon.

The soup’s molecules have more kinetic energy, so they transfer thermal energy to the spoon.

Answer 1

The soup’s molecules have more kinetic energy, so they transfer thermal energy to the spoon.

(Heat flows from the hotter object to the colder one; temperature reflects average molecular kinetic energy.)