keannu
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Heat and temperature are two quantities that can be easily confused. Imagine cooking a very large pot of
chicken soup on the stove. Let’s suppose you heat the soup until it is 95℃, quite hot. ( ① ) You grab a spoon
and take out a spoonful of soup to taste. ( ② ) As you remove the spoonful of soup from the pot, it has the
same temperature as the larger sample. ( ③ ) Unfortunately, as you bring the soup towards your mouth to taste it, the spoon slips from your hand, pouring its contents on your bare foot. ( The spoonful of 95℃ soup hitting your foot hurts, but not as badly as it would if you accidentally spilled the entire pot of 95℃ soup on your foot. ) If both the spoonful and the pot full of soup have the same temperature, why would the larger sample cause more damage if it came in contact with your skin? ( ⑤ ) The answer to the question lies in the difference between temperature and heat.
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Does "spoonful" represent "heat" while "pot", "temperature"? Or the other way around?
chicken soup on the stove. Let’s suppose you heat the soup until it is 95℃, quite hot. ( ① ) You grab a spoon
and take out a spoonful of soup to taste. ( ② ) As you remove the spoonful of soup from the pot, it has the
same temperature as the larger sample. ( ③ ) Unfortunately, as you bring the soup towards your mouth to taste it, the spoon slips from your hand, pouring its contents on your bare foot. ( The spoonful of 95℃ soup hitting your foot hurts, but not as badly as it would if you accidentally spilled the entire pot of 95℃ soup on your foot. ) If both the spoonful and the pot full of soup have the same temperature, why would the larger sample cause more damage if it came in contact with your skin? ( ⑤ ) The answer to the question lies in the difference between temperature and heat.
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Does "spoonful" represent "heat" while "pot", "temperature"? Or the other way around?