Question

A metal spoon sits in a pot of boiling water. The spoon becomes warm. Which types of heat transfer contribute to the increase in temperature of the spoon?

Answer 1

Your answer is B. convection and conduction

The spoon gets hot because metals are good conductors . Meaning that heat, cold, electricity move through them, certain metals are better than others. Even a wood spoon will conduct if it is soaked in water, of course in this case the water is the conductor.

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Answer 2

This type of heat transfer is conduction.