Cindy pours cool milk into a hot bowl of oatmeal and then stirs it with a room-temperature spoon. Which substance will have heat flow from it to the other substances?

Heat flows from warmer substances to cooler ones. The oatmeal is hot, while the milk is cool and the spoon and surrounding air are at room temperature, so heat flows from the oatmeal to the other substances. The correct choice is the oatmeal.

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