Question

A cup of hot chocolate that has been stirred with a spoon.
Which statement describes how heat flows from the coffee to the part of the spoon in the coffee?

Heat flows from the coffee to the spoon through radiation.
Heat flows from the coffee to the spoon through convection.
Heat flows from the coffee to the spoon through conduction.
Heat flows from the coffee to the spoon through radiation, convection, and conduction.

Answers

GPT-4o mini
The correct statement is: **Heat flows from the coffee to the spoon through conduction.**

Conduction is the process by which heat is transferred through direct contact between materials. In this case, the hot chocolate (coffee) is in direct contact with the metal spoon, and heat is transferred from the hot liquid to the spoon.

While convection and radiation can also play roles in heat transfer in different contexts, the primary mechanism of heat flow from the liquid to the spoon in this scenario is conduction.