Question

If you go outside on a hot summer day with a double scoop ice cream cone, how will the cold ice cream interact with the hot outside air?

Answer 1

Well a simple answer would be it would start to melt because icecream is a liquid unless its frozen,just like ice.

Answer 2

The ice cream and the air are at a different temperature, the air temperature being higher than the ice cream temperature.

Due to this difference, the air and ice cream will tend to reach a state of equilibrium by transferring energy in the form of heat, which flows from the system with a higher temperature to the system with a lower temperature.

So the hot air will transfer heat to the ice cream, which will increase its temperature and will make it liquid, so the ice cream will eventually melt.