Q4. If heat is related to temperature, what then is the direction of the heat that transfers between the containers?
Q5. What do you think will happen to the temperature of water in each container after 4, 6, 8, and 10 minutes? What does this tell us about the heat transfer taking place between the containers?
Q6. Until when do you think heat transfer will continue to take place between the containers?
Answers & Comments
Q4. The overall direction of heat transfer is from the higher-temperature object to the lower-temperature object. The overall direction of heat transfer is from the lower-temperature object to the higher-temperature object.
Q5. Decreasing, Overtime water temperature cools down due to factors such as air.
Q6. The heat transfer continues until the two objects have reached thermal equilibrium and are at the same temperature.