The specific heat of water is 10 times greater than that of iron. You place a metal pot full of water on the stove to heat it up. You touch the metal handle of the pot when the water is still only lukewarm. Which of the following best describes what happens?

A. You find that the handle is cooler than the water in the pot.
B. You burn your finger and pull your hand away from the very hot handle.
C. You find that both the water and the handle are the same temperature.
D. You determine that metal pots fulll of water pruce acis and bases.

B. You burn your finger and pull your hand away from the very hot handle.

Explanation:

Given that the specific heat of the water is 10 times greater than that of iron which means that water requires 10 times more heat energy than the iron to raise the temperature unit mass of substance by 1 kelvin.As we know that specific heat of a substance is the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of a unit mass of the substance by 1 kelvin.So in this case when we have the water only lukewarm it means that the water is slightly warmer than the surface temperature of the human body which is around 33°C. Now the 10 times of this temperature is enough to cause the burn.