A student places a turkey which is at room temperature of 45°C into the oven that has a temperature of 185°C. If the student immediately turns off the oven after he places the turkey inside of it, then what will happen to the turkey?(1 point)

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Thermal energy will flow from the oven into the turkey until they both reach a temperature of over 200°C.
Thermal energy will flow from the oven into the turkey until they both reach a temperature of over 200°C.

Thermal energy will flow from the turkey into the oven until they both reach equilibrium at 100°C
Thermal energy will flow from the turkey into the oven until they both reach equilibrium at 100°C

Thermal energy will flow from the oven into the turkey until they reach equilibrium at 100°C.
Thermal energy will flow from the oven into the turkey until they reach equilibrium at 100°C.

Thermal energy will flow from turkey into the oven until they both reach equilibrium at 45°C.

Answer 1

The correct response is:

Thermal energy will flow from the oven into the turkey until they reach equilibrium at 100°C.

Here's the reasoning behind this: When the turkey, which is at a higher temperature than room temperature, is placed in the oven with a temperature of 185°C, thermal energy will flow from the oven (the hotter object) into the turkey (the cooler object). Since the oven is turned off, it will not maintain its temperature indefinitely, but initially, the turkey will absorb heat from the oven until the temperatures start to equalize (reach thermal equilibrium). Given that the final equilibrium temperature will be somewhere between the initial temperatures of the turkey and the oven, it is reasonable to expect that they will stabilize at a temperature lower than the oven's initial temperature but higher than the turkey's initial temperature, likely around 100°C.