Stan placed a metal spoon and a plastic spoon into a bowl of hot soup. After 5 minutes, the metal spoon felt hotter than the plastic spoon. This is because __________.
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Step 1: Metal is a good conductor of heat.
Step [2-9]: Heat from the soup travels through the metal spoon to the hand faster than through plastic.
Step [2-9]: Therefore, the metal spoon feels hotter.
Correct answer: the metal spoon is a better conductor of heat
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