Question

1. when you hold an ice cube in your hand, you may notice that the ice begins to melt after a short time. this occurs because thermal energy is transferred between your hand and the ice cube. using the dropdown options, choose the correct terms to complete the sentence below and describe how thermal energy moves between objects of different temperatures.

heat always moves from an object of choose the correct answer temperature to an object of choose the correct answer temperature.
(options for each dropdown: lower, higher)

Explanation:

Heat transfer occurs due to temperature differences. The hand is warmer (higher temperature) than the ice cube (lower temperature). Heat energy flows from a region of higher temperature to lower temperature to reach thermal equilibrium. So the first dropdown (Heat always moves from an object of) should have "higher" and the second (to an object of) should have "lower".

Answer:

First dropdown: higher
Second dropdown: lower

(Explanation: Heat transfer is driven by temperature gradients, moving from higher - temperature objects to lower - temperature objects to achieve thermal equilibrium, as seen in the hand - ice cube interaction where hand (higher temp) transfers heat to ice (lower temp) causing melting.)