A student designed an experiment to investigate how emergency thermal blankets are used to keep a person warm in a cold environment. The student heated water on a hot plate until it reached a temperature of 100 0C. Equal amounts of the water were quickly transferred to identical containers. One of the containers was wrapped with a layer of aluminum foil and the other with clear plastic wrap. A thermometer was inserted into each container so that they touched only the water. After one hour of observation, the temperature of the water in the aluminum wrapped container was higher than the plastic wrapped container. Specific Heat Material J/kg/0C Aluminum 900 Plastic 1410 Based on the specific heat data, is the observation consistent with predicted results? Why or why not?
