At a common temperature, a block of wood and a block of metal feel equally cold or hot. The temperatures of block of wood and block of metal are
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(a) When the temperature of an object is equal to that of human body, no heat is transferred from the object to body and vice versa, Therefore block of wood and block of metal feel equally cold and hot if they have same temperature as human body.
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