Which of the following best explains why the end of a spoon sticking out of a cup of hot water also gets hot? question 7 options: the heat from the hot water is conducted through the spoon handle the hot water heats the air surrounding the upper part of the spoon. the hot water causes a physical change in the spoon handle. the hot water causes a chemical reaction to take place in the spoon.

The heat from the hot water is conducted through the spoon handle.

hydrocarbons are organic compounds that contain only hydrogens and carbons. they can be saturated (those which contain only carbon-carbon single bonds) or unsaturated (those which contain carbon-carbon double or triple bonds) in nature. hydrocarbons can undergo several reactions like substitution, elimination etc.  

on substituting one or more hydrogen atoms in hydrocarbon it results in the formation of haloalkane. as the halogen atoms are large compared to the carbon and hydrogen atoms, due to which the molecular weight increases and the bond become polar because of presence electronegative halogen atom and results in the increase in boiling point of the haloalkane.

thus, the correct option is (b) that is the boiling point of the new compound increases on substituting a hydrogen atom with a halogen in a hydrocarbon.