A beaker of hot water is carefully placed on a cold tabletop. What will
happen after the beaker is placed on the tabletop?
A beaker of hot water is carefully placed on a cold tabletop. What will
happen after the beaker is placed on the tabletop?
Heat from the water will flow through the beaker into the tabletop until the beaker and the tabletop are the same temperature.
Heat will be trapped in the water by the beaker, allowing the tabletop to remain cold.
Heat from the water will flow into the air, allowing the tabletop to make the beaker cold.
Heat will flow from the water, through the beaker, into the tabletop, and back again in a cycle.