Practice question · Multiple choice
A tile floor feels much colder to bare feet than a wooden floor in the same room. Both floors have been in the room all night. Why the difference?
Hints
- After a night in the same room, every object has reached the same temperature. So what differs?
- Your skin senses heat flow, not temperature. Compare thermal conductivities.
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C. Tile conducts heat away from your skin faster
Why
Both floors sit at room temperature; tile’s high conductivity drains heat from your sole far faster, and that flow is what "cold" feels like. Your body is a heat-flux meter, not a thermometer, the key to most "feels cold/hot" puzzles.
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