Yamel is heating up leftover mashed potatoes from Thanksgiving. She forgot to put gravy on them. So she puts the cold gravy on the hot mashed potatoes. Which statement best describes what will happen? A-The mashed potatoes will transfer heat into the gravy B-The gravy and mashed potatoes both transfer heat into the plate C-The gravy will transfer cold into the mashed potatoes D- The gravy transfers cold into the mashed potatoes and plate

The correct answer is - option A. The mashed potatoes will transfer heat into the gravy.

Explanation:

In this case, where Yamel heats the mashed potatoes but forgets to heat the gravy and put the cold gravy on the hot mashed potatoes. Heat always transfers from the high-temperature object to the low-temperature object. So the hot mashed potatoes will transfer the heat to the gravy according to option A. Cold is not a form of heat but the condition of absence of heat or very low temperature.

Thus, the correct answer is - option A. The mashed potatoes will transfer heat into the gravy.