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Why does a metal spoon left on a bowl of hot soup get warm?

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because energy is being conducted to it by conduction
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Answer:

The spoon inside the soup bowl heats up due to heat conduction.

Conduction is one of the types of thermal transfer that allows heat to be transmitted from a hot object to a cold one. (from soup bowl to spoon)

In conduction there is no matter transport. What is transferred is heat, which is a form of energy, corresponding to the increase in the kinetic energy of the atom.

Thermal conduction involves the propagation of heat by contact.

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