Question

If you are given two identical spoons, one made of metal and another made of wood. If you dip both the spoons in a container of boiling water, which of them will feel hotter when you touch them?

• A.
  Wood, because it is a conductor of heat.
• B.
  Wood, because wood is an insulator of heat.
• C. Metal, because it is a good conductor of heat.
  
• D.
  Metal, because it is an insulator of heat.

Answer 1

The correct option is C

Metal, because it is a good conductor of heat.

When you touch an object, the sensation of hot and cold occurs when there is a transfer of heat between you and the object. Heat transfer happens between two objects in contact, if both of them are at different temperatures.
In this case,we should feel hotter when we touch the metal spoon. Because wooden spoons do not conduct heat when they are dipped in boiling water, metallic spoons become hot after a while. Ie, metals are a good conductor of heat while wood is a bad conductor or poor conductor.Therefore, we feel the metal spoon is relatively much hotter than the wooden spoon.