Question

State the mode/different modes, of heat transfer, in the following situations.

(a) A paper cup, full of hot soup, lying on a table.

(b) Cooking vegetables in a pan.

(c) Melting of a chocolate bar, in the school bag, on a hot day.

(d) Cooking food in a microwave oven.

Answer

(a) Convection

(b) Convection as well as conduction 

(c) Conduction

(d) Convection