Question

A hot metal bowl is placed on a wooden table. Over time, the wood becomes warm. Which of these statements best describes why the table becomes warm? Collisions between the metal and the wood raise the kinetic energy of the wood molecules. The heat from the metal produces convection currents within the wood molecules. The kinetic energy of the metal molecules increases due to radiation. Convection between the metal and the wood increases the motion of the wood molecules.

Answer 1

The answer would be A.

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Answer 2

The correct option is this: COLLISION BETWEEN THE METAL AND THE WOOD RAISE THE KINETIC ENERGY OF THE WOOD MOLECULES.The correct option is A.
The type of heat transfer that occur between solids is called conduction. Convection and radiation can not occur in solids and that is why the other options are wrong.
When two solids that have different amount of heat come in contact with each other, heat will be transfered to the one will less heat as a result of collision with the molecules of the hotter material.