Why does a glass sometimes break if you quickly pour boiling water in to it?

Engineering

Physics

Elasticity

Question

The hot water cools when it touches the glass, shrinking and pulling the glass in.

The glass becomes hot and expands, causing the molecules to dissociate.

The inside the glass expands faster than the outside of the glass, causing the glass to break.

Hot water expands, pushing the glass out.

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