Question

A cold can of soda is taken out of the refrigerator. It slowly warms up until it is at room temperature. Once the soda has warms up, it has more thermal energy than it had in the refrigerator. Where did this additional thermal energy come from?

Answer 1

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Step-by-step explanation:

We know that the thermal energy of a substance largely depends on the temperature of the body. This implies that the hotter a substance is, the greater its thermal energy and vice versa.

When you bring a cold can of soda out of the refrigerator, the molecules of air at room temperature gradually loose energy to the can and condense around it. This transfers thermal energy from the air particles to the molecules in the cold can of soda and the soda warms up pretty soon!