Chemisty EXPERIMENT PLEASE HELP!!!!!?

Question

you put a toothpick onto a metal, like a fork,,,light the toothpick on both sides.. What happens? the flame moves towards the center and stops.

Think of a possible experiment that could test your explanation. So like another experiment that would show that metal absorbs heat thus extinguishing the flame.

Answer 1

Get a wire mesh of some sort (like that of a screen door or a metal sieve).  Light a candle and lower the mesh onto the flame.  Even though there are holes in the wire mesh, the flame will not go through.  The metal absorbs the heat necessary to keep the flame going on the other side.