How does a hand boiler work on a molecular level?

Describe the difference between a. a hypothesis and a theory and b. an observation and an experiment.

After watching the video "zinc strip in copper nitrate solution", and reading the instructions, click on the link labeled "start" just below the drawing of the pencil tip. follow the direction to complete the 3x3 grid. answer the below questions for the portion of the activity in which sn(s) is placed in agno3(aq)

110 g of water (specific heat = 4.184 j/g c) and 100 g of a metal sample (specific heat = 0.397 j/g c) are heated from 25 degrees c to 75 degrees c. which substance required more thermal energy?