An empty plastic or glass dish being removed from a microwave oven can be cool to the touch, even when food on an adjoining dish is hot. How is this phenom- enon possible?

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Microwaves work by flipping water molecules upside down, then right side up again, and so on at very high speeds, and the friction generates heat. Some glass or plastic isn't affected by the microwaves, so the molecules don't get flipped, and so no friction occurs and no heat is produced, leading to the dish not being heated up.