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Describe the energy transfer when you touch a block of ice with your hand

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thermal energy always goes from a warmer object to the colder object. this will cause you hand to get cold, while the ice gets the heat and melts

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Thermal energy always flows from the warmer object to the colder object. This causes your hand to get cold, while the ice absorbs your heat and melts.

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