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When a hot piece of metal is placed in a beaker containing water at room temperature room, what happens to the energy?A. The energy flows from the hot metal to the water. B. Energy flows from water to metal. C. The energy does not flow. D. energy is not conserved

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Generally, heat transfer occurs from a region with higher temperature to a region with lower temperature.

In this situation, the metal has higher temperature than the water.

Hence, the energy will flow from the hot metal to the water

Therefore, the correct option is A

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