When a pot of water sits on a hot stove, the metal pot is heated, and then transfers its heat to the water. A student claims that conduction is the only type of heat transfer occurring. Which statement explains why the student's idea is incorrect?
a. Conduction cannot occur between two different phases of matter.
b. The water transfers heat within the pot by convection.
c. Water cannot be heated by electromagnetic radiation.
d. Metal is a poor conductor of heat.

When a pot of water sits on a hot stove, the metal pot is heated, and then transfers its heat to the water. A student claims that conduction is the only type of heat transfer occurring. The statement that explains why the student’s idea is incorrect Conduction cannot occur between two different phases of matter. The answer is letter A.

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adefioyelaoye adefioyelaoye · Answer 2 · 2022-06-01T15:31:25+02:00

The statement which explains why the student's idea is incorrect is that conduction cannot occur between two different phases of matter.

What is Conduction?

This involves the transfer of energy between two substances when they are in contact with one another.

The heat from the stove is first passed to the pot before it is transferred to the water hence option A was chosen.

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