Question

Benny can’t get the metal lid off a new glass jar of jam. His mother tells him to run hot water carefully over the lid. He does this and is able to unscrew the lid easily. Explain what happened. Use these terms in your answer: Heat, temperature, specific heat, and thermal expansion

Answer 1

The cap expanded

Step-by-step explanation:

As you run hot water (Or any substance) onto something it expands, With coldwater it shrinks. Its like clothes, If a shirt is to small wash it in hot water. If it is to big run it in cold water.