What happens when a cold piece of metal is placed in hot water?

Question

answers below:
temperature will flow from the metal to the water

heat will flow from the metal to the water

temperature will flow from the water to the metal

heat will flow from the water to the metal

Answer 1

When a cold piece of metal is placed in hot water, the correct answer is:

heat will flow from the water to the metal.

This is because heat energy always moves from a region of higher temperature (the hot water) to a region of lower temperature (the cold metal) until thermal equilibrium is reached.