Answer:
a) from the hotter object to the cooler object
Explanation:
temperature moves by conduction, which is associated with the movement of atoms or molecules and the always move from hight temperatures to lower temperatures to attain thermal equilinrium of the system.
so when two objects are placed together and have different temperatures then the system is not in thermal equilibrium and to attain it, temperature can only move to coller object and not from the coller object according to thermodynamics.
Answer:
They can use it for when they are dormant in the winter or to grow more sources for storing and creating energy, or they store the energy (this energy would be considered stored energy).