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Conduction
Lower Sec Science · Secondary 2 · Hard · Conduction
A wooden spoon and a metal spoon are placed with one end in a pot of hot soup and the other end sticking out. After a while, the exposed end of the metal spoon feels hot, but the wooden spoon does not. Why?
- Metal conducts heat better than wood, so heat travels along the metal spoon.
- Wood conducts heat better than metal, so heat stays in the wooden spoon.
- Metal cannot conduct heat, so only its surface becomes hot.
- Wood loses heat faster to the air, so it always feels cool.
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