Question

A student places a cube of solid butter at the tip of a metal spoon. The base of the spoon is placed in a pot of hot water so that only the spoon’s base is touching the water.

After a few minutes, the butter starts to melt from the tip of the spoon. Which statement explains the process that causes the butter to melt?

Answer 1

Explanation: It will melt because when you put the spoon under hot water It will become heated. So when you put butter on it It is going to melt because the things inside of the butter will make it melt

Answer 2

The thermal energy from the pot of water rises into the air and the butter absorbs the heat and the butter slowly change’s from a solid to a liquid.