Two physics students, Nick and Zach, are completing a lab on heat transfer. The lab gives them 2 blocks of equal mass: one is wooden and one is aluminum. Both students pick up the blocks to put them on the lab desk in front of them for an experiment. Both students notice that the metal block felt colder than the wooden block. A small amount of ice (10 g) is placed on each block. The students measure the room temperature to be 21 degrees Celsius and use a stopwatch to measure how long it takes for the ice to completely melt. Nick is in charge of monitoring the metal block and Zach is in charge of monitoring the wooden block. The results are given below:

Nick measures the metal block ice melts in 54 seconds.

Zach measures the wooden block ice melts in 230 seconds.

After watching the ice melt, Nick says, "I thought the metal block was colder? I wonder why the ice melted so fast. It felt colder to me."

Why does the metal block melt the ice faster than the wooden block?

And why does the metal block feel colder than the wooden block before the experiment with ice?

Be specific in your answers and address all questions with correct physics applications or context. If you talk about a law or theory, make sure to apply it to the metal and wooden blocks to justify your case.