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Question
To study energy exchange between hot and cold objects, the system of both objects is isolated from the environment by keeping them inside ______.
Options
a heat-resistant box
a rectangular box
Hope’s apparatus
None of these
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Solution
To study energy exchange between hot and cold objects, the system of both objects is isolated from the environment by keeping them inside a heat resistant box.
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