Question

A container of water and an equal-sized container of oil are heated at the same rate. After several minutes, the temperature of the oil has risen 20 degrees C, but the temperature of the water has only increases by 8 degrees C. What explains this?

Question 6 options:

Heat moves from the water to the oil.


It takes more energy to increase the temperature of water than to increase the temperature of oil


The water contains more atoms, so it has more thermal energy


More heat was added to the oil than to the water.

Answer 1

Answer: It takes more energy to increase the temperature of water than to increase the temperature of oil.

Step-by-step explanation:

yes