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Which of the following statements about thermal energy is true? As you hold a cup of hot water, the heat moves to your hand. As you hold a cup of cold milk, your hand cools the milk. As you hold a cup of hot water your hands cool the water. As you hold a glass of cold milk, the cold travels to your hand.

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Answer: As you hold cold milk.... travels to your hand

Step-by-step explanation:

Cold and hot are compared to your own body temperature. So yeah that's kind of off topic but yeah. Anyways, to the explanation: so, this can be tested--obviously--by literally doing what the statement says. after you are done holding the milk, you will notice your hand is cold. This is because the milk is cooling down your hand to balance out the temperatures.

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