2) Place the brick on the burner. Drag a thermometer and attach it to the brick. Check the box so you can see energy symbols. Add heat to the brick by dragging the switch up on the heater. What do you observe as this is happening?
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2 points
Nothing happens to the brick.
The temperature of the brick increases.
The temperature of the brick decreases.
3) Take the brick off the burner. Replace it with the iron. Drag a thermometer and attach it to the iron. Add heat to the iron. What do you observe as this is happening?
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2 points
Nothing happens to the iron.
The temperature of the iron increases.
The temperature of the iron decreases.
4) Is the exact same thing happening to the iron and brick from 2) and 3)? Are you sure? Let's check. Press the reset button at bottom right to return everything to room temperature. Check the energy symbol box. This time, check the "link heaters" box, too. Drag thermometers to both the brick and iron, and place each on top of a heater. Add heat until both both reach maximum temperature on the thermometer, and observe which one gets hotter the fastest.
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2 points
The temperature of both increases at the same rate.
The brick is getting hotter faster than the iron.
The iron is getting hotter faster than the brick.
2) The temperature of the brick increases.
3) The temperature of the iron increases.
4) The iron is getting hotter faster than the brick.