Question

If you drop a 50 gram piece of metal with a temperature of 125° Celsius into 1000 grams of water at 20° Celsius, what best describes what would occur?

Answer 1

Dropping a 50 gram piece of metal with a temperature of 125° Celsius into 1000 grams of water at 20° Celsius would lead to a heat loss by the metal and an heat gain by the water. These loss and gain should be equal since energy cannot be created nor destroyed.