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When a fork is placed in a hot piece of lasagna, thermal energy is transferred up the fork by...

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By conduction. Not convection this is air travel.
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Because it's placed in the lasagna, the thermal energy is transferred by conduction. Remember, convection is transfer of heat through fluids (liquids and gases), and radiation is just transfer of heat through air.
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