Question

A 20 gram piece of metal is added to a sample of 100 grams of water inside a calorimeter. If the metal is at a temperature of -5° Celsius and the water is at 20° Celsius, which of the following best describes what will occur inside the calorimeter?

Answer 1

You need the options, but there's only one thing that could possibly happen when a "cold" thing is added to a "hot" thing

Answer 2

The energy gained by the metal equals the energy lost by the water?

Answer 3

That's the only outcome allowed by the laws of thermodynamics

Answer 4

Thanks! :)