The correct answer is option <u><em>D) a flat shallow pan filled with a thick liquid that can be heated by a hot plate with pieces of a thin plastic sheet floating on top of the liquid.</em></u>
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Answer: Sodium also floats on the surface, but enough heat is given off to melt the sodium (sodium has a lower melting point than lithium and the reaction produces heat faster) and it melts almost at once to form a small silvery ball that dashes around the surface.
Explanation:

Where v is the volume(in L) and t is the temperature(in °K)
