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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?

AConduction cannot occur between two different phases of matter.
BThe water transfers heat within the pot by convection.
CWater cannot be heated by electromagnetic radiation.
DMetal is a poor conductor of heat.

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Hagrid

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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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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