Question

When you touch a vessel on a stove your body feels hot. Why?

• A. Heat energy is transferred from vessel to the body
• B. Heat energy is transferred from body to the vessel
• C. Kinetic energy is transferred from vessel to the body
• D. Kinetic energy is transferred from body to the vessel

Answer 1

The correct option is A Heat energy is transferred from vessel to the body

When we touch a hot vessel, heat is transferred to our body because our body is at a lower temperature than hot vessel as heat goes from a body at higher temperature to a body at lower temperature.