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Dante pours hot tea into a mug that is cool to the touch. Which best explains what will happen now?

A. The tea will get warmer because the mug acts as a thermal insulator.
B. The tea will get cooler because it gains energy from the mug.
C. The mug will get warmer because thermal energy transfers from the tea to the mug.
D. The mug will get warmer because the tea creates more thermal energy inside the mug.



Answer :

Final answer:

Heat flows from hotter coffee to colder spoon, leading to thermal energy distribution.


Explanation:

Heat will spontaneously flow from the hotter object (coffee) to the colder object (spoon), resulting in a more uniform distribution of thermal energy as the spoon warms and the coffee cools.


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