Question

Eric places some room-temperature strawberries into his freezer. Which of the following correctly describes what happens to the strawberries?
A. the heat from the strawberries transfers to the freezer and causes the strawberries to freeze.
B. some of the cold from the freezer transfers to the strawberries and causes the strawberries to freeze.
C. the temperature of the freezer remains the same as the temperature of the strawberries decreases.
D. heat is transferred from the freezer to the strawberries and causes the temperature of the strawberries to decrease.

Answer 1

Answer:

The heat from the strawberries transfers to the freezer and causes the strawberries to freeze.

Explanation:

When Eric-palces some room temperature strawberries into the freezer, he is changing the temeprature of the strawberries. When the strawberries are in the room tempertaure, they are absorbing certain amount of heat.

When they are placed in the freezer they are releasing the heat to the environment and this leads to condition called as phase change. Due to this phenomenon, the heat from the strawberries transfers to the freezer and causes the strawberries to freeze.

Answer 2

Answer:

The heat from the strawberries transfers to the freezer and causes the strawberries to freeze.

Explanation:

Refrigerators' purpose is to transfer heat from the object to keep them cold.