Suppose that you and a friend decide to use two different methods to make popcorn for a snack. Your friend uses a hot-air popcorn popper. You put a bag of microwave popcorn into a microwave oven.

Use what you know—about radiation, conduction, and convection—to explain how heat was transferred when your friend popped her popcorn and how heat was transferred when you popped your popcorn.

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so, what do you know?
what are the heat sources?