Pat pours cold, liquid cream into a cup of hot coffee. Which of the following describes how the hot coffee and cold cream will interact?

The cold cream will remain at the surface. When it warms, some of it will fall to the bottom of the cup.

The cold cream will drop to the bottom of the cup. When it warms, some of it will rise back to the surface.

The cold cream will immediately reach the same temperature as the coffee and spread evenly though the cup.

The cold cream will drop to the bottom of the cup. It will remain there, unless it is stirred.

The cold cream will drop to the bottom of the cup. When it warms, some of it will rise back to the surface. This is due to the principle of convection, where the hotter molecules in the coffee rise to the top while the colder molecules of the cream sink to the bottom. As they mix, the temperature will equalize and some of the cream will rise back to the surface.