Which would give off more heat:A boiling kettle or a frozen pond?

Question

This is part of an ongoing scientific debate I am currently having.

Answer 1

Heat travels in the direction of hot to cold.

Boiling Kettle gives off heat.......Frozen pond absorbs heat...

Answer 2

It depends.
let's say the kettle contains a kilogram or two of water, and the pond contains perhaps ten thousand to one million kilograms of water.
Here's the "depends" part; (1) the teapot is most likely (but not necessarily) sitting in a room with room temperature (ie, not in a room hotter than the boiling water), and the pond could be frozen on the top, and/or the surrounding environment is cooler or hotter than the "frozen pond."
It is very rare that the pond will be frozen through to the bottom, because of a complicated process explained in advanced physics I'd rather not get into. It is most likely frozen on the top, and all the water under the ice will be warmer (obviously).
If the surrounding evironment of the pond is just slightly colder (or warmer) than the icy water, the difference of heat absorbed or emitted by the pond will make the difference of heat absorbed or emitted by the boiling water seem like a pittance.
That's assuming the volume of the pond is larger than that of the boiling water in the teapot.

Answer 3

I guess that a boiling kettle will give off more heat as a frozen pond will absorb heat from the environment in order to melt.

Answer 4

well technically, could the pond theortically radiate its low amount of heat into infinity as long as it stays frozen, but a boiling pot can only boil so long and then is gone.

you could put something at absolute zero on the pond, and the pond will radiate heat to it, even if its cold to us, so i say the pond

Answer 5

A boiling pond.

Answer 6

The pond, hands down. Unless it is sustained at absolute zero, it is giving off heat. Mostly radiant energy, underneath the ice.

Answer 7

I think the size of the pond would be the determining factor.

Answer 8

The pond CONTAINS more heat, whether it gives or absorbs it is dependent on the environment around it.

Answer 9

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Answer 10

a boiling kettle