A. a cook leaves a plastic spoon and a wooden spoon in a pot of hot water for the same length of time. the spoons have the same mass. if plastic has a higher specific heat capacity than wood has, which spoon will have a smaller change in temperature? write one or two sentences explaining your answer.

b. does a closed system obey the law of conservation of energy? write one or two sentences explaining your answer.

c. a hot piece of iron is placed into a container of water. describe two ways in which heat is transferred in this system.

d. if 0.25 kg of iron at 100°c is added to 1.00 kg of water at 24.0°c, what is the final temperature of the system? show your work.

e. to calculate the final temperature of the mixture, you had to assume that energy would not flow from the iron and water to the container. what type of system does this describe? explain your answer.

f. if heat could flow to the container, how would the final temperature be affected?