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Conduction
Lower Sec Science · Secondary 2 · Hard · Conduction
A student places a metal spoon and a wooden spoon in a cup of hot soup. After 2 minutes, the metal spoon feels hot at the handle but the wooden spoon does not. Using conduction, which statement best explains this observation?
- Metal conducts heat better than wood, so heat travels faster along the metal spoon.
- Wood conducts heat better than metal, so heat stays at the wooden handle.
- Both materials conduct heat equally well, but metal cools down more slowly.
- Wood is a good emitter of heat, so it loses all the heat before reaching the handle.
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