If you were trying to heat soup, would you want to use a good thermal
conductor or a good thermal insulator? Explain your answer.

Respuesta :

You would use a good thermal conductor. If you used an insulator you would have cold soup. A conductor would transfer the thermal heat and warm the soup

Answer:

good thermal conductor

Explanation:

Electrons are negatively charged particles and carriers of current/energy. Conductors are materials that allow an unrestricted flow of electrons and are therefore good conductors of heat and electricity. For example metals are good conductors.

Insulator, in contrast resist the electron flow and are bad conductors. For example materials like plastic, rubber etc are insulators.

In the given example, the soup can be heated only if it is placed in a container made of a material that would allow the heat to pass through. Thus, it would make sense to use a good thermal conductor.