Question

Gregory is making a turkey for Thanksgiving by roasting it in his oven. The turkey started at a room temperature of 25°C, and the oven was preheated to 175°C. If Gregory accidentally turns off the oven after he places the turkey inside of it, then what will happen to the turkey? *

A)Thermal energy will flow from the oven into the turkey and continue to flow until they reach equilibrium at 100°C or the turkey is removed.

B)Thermal energy will flow from the turkey into the oven and continue to flow until they reach equilibrium at 100°C or the oven is turned off.

C)Thermal energy will flow from the oven into the turkey and continue to flow until the turkey reaches a temperature of 200°C.

D)Thermal energy will flow from the turkey into the oven and continue to flow until the oven reaches a temperature of 200°C.

Answer 1

A

Step-by-step explanation:

The correct answer would be that thermal energy will flow from the oven into the turkey and continue to flow until they reach equilibrium at 100°C or the turkey is removed.

Since there is a difference in the temperature of the two bodies, thermal energy will continue to flow from the body with higher thermal energy to the body with lower thermal energy until an equilibrium is established between the two bodies.

In this case, thermal energy from the oven will continue to flow to the turkey, raising the temperature upward from 25 °C. As the temperature of the turkey is increasing, that of the oven would be decreasing till both the turkey and the oven have the same temperature or when the turkey is removed from the oven.

The correct option is A.