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?

Question

options:

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

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

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

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

Answer 1

When the turkey at room temperature (45°C) is placed into the oven (185°C) and the oven is immediately turned off, thermal energy will flow from the oven into the turkey. The oven has a higher temperature compared to the turkey, so heat will transfer from the oven to the turkey until they reach thermal equilibrium.

However, because the oven is turned off, the maximum temperature that the turkey can eventually reach will not exceed that of the oven, which is 185°C. Therefore, the turkey will not reach 100°C because it will only absorb heat until it equilibrates with the oven's temperature or the surrounding environment, which is higher than the initial temperature of the turkey.

In this case, the correct option is:

A). Thermal energy will flow from the oven into the turkey until they reach equilibrium at 185°C.

(Note: The specific temperature of equilibrium is not provided in your options, but A is the most fitting of the choices given, confirming that heat flows from the oven to the turkey until equilibrium is reached.)