A chef places sugar crystals in a cooking pan. He turns on the burner under the pan. In a few minutes, the sugar begins to melt. Which process is most directly responsible for transferring heat from the burner into the sugar?

Question

• Convection
• Conduction
• Radiation
• Resonance

Answer 1

The process most directly responsible for transferring heat from the burner into the sugar is conduction. Conduction is the transfer of heat between objects or substances that are in direct contact with each other. In this case, the heat from the burner is directly transferred to the cooking pan, which then conducts the heat to the sugar crystals.