Question

rosa pours a cup of boiling water into a pot of room - temperature water. according to the second law of thermodynamics, what will occur?
thermal energy from the room - temperature water will continuously flow to the boiling water.
thermal energy from the room - temperature water will flow to the boiling water until all of the water in the pot is at a single temperature.
thermal energy from the boiling water will continuously flow to the room - temperature water.
thermal energy from the boiling water will flow to the room - temperature water until all of the water in the pot is at a single temperature.

Explanation:

According to the second law of thermodynamics, heat (thermal energy) flows from a higher - temperature object (boiling water) to a lower - temperature object (room - temperature water) until thermal equilibrium (same temperature) is reached.

Answer:

Thermal energy from the boiling water will flow to the room - temperature water until all of the water in the pot is at a single temperature.