Question

The diagram shows a pot sitting on a gas stove burner.

An illustration of a pot on a hot stove.
Which shows the order in which thermal energy is transferred by conduction?

stove burner pan bottom of pan handle top of pan handle
top of pan handle bottom of pan handle pan stove burner
pan stove burner bottom of pan handle top of pan handle
top of pan handle bottom of pan handle stove burner pan

Answer 1

stove burner → pan → bottom of pan handle → top of pan handle

Explanation: heat is conducted from the hot burner into the metal pan, then into the handle where it conducts from the hotter base of the handle toward the cooler top.