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

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

When the turkey (initially at 45°C) is placed in the oven (which was at 185°C), thermal energy will flow from the oven (the hotter object) to the turkey (the cooler object). The process will continue until both the turkey and the oven reach thermal equilibrium. Since the turkey is likely to cook at temperatures around 100°C (the safe cooking temperature for poultry), the turkey will eventually warm up to that temperature before any heat exchange ceases.