Question

thermal insulators

• rubber
• wood
• plastic
• fiberglass
• foam

thermal conductors

• metal
• ceramic
• concrete
• graphite
• diamond

you want to protect your hand from a hot pan. what would be a good material to do this with?
ceramic
wood
diamond
none of these would be good

Explanation:

To protect the hand from a hot pan, a thermal insulator is needed (as insulators resist heat transfer). From the table, thermal insulators include Rubber, Wood, Plastic, Fiberglass, Foam. Ceramic, Diamond are thermal conductors (they transfer heat easily). So Wood is a thermal insulator and suitable.

Answer:

B. Wood