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What-I-Can-Do 20240321 193518 0000
What-I-Can-Do 20240321 193518 0000
Measure an equal amount of hot water into two cups. Place a metal spoon in the
first cup and a plastic spoon in the second cup as indicated in figure below. Predict which
spoon will conduct heat easily after two minutes and find out if your prediction is correct
by conducting an experiment.Touch the two spoons and compare their temperature. Write
your answers in the PROBEX diagram presented below the picture.
HEAT TRANSFER
PROBEX DIAGRAM
Metal Metal is a
good conductor
spoon is of heat, so it
Metal indeed transfers heat
from the hot
spoon will hotter water to the
be hotter. than the spoon more
effectively,
plastic making the
spoon. metal spoon
hotter.