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A pot is heated on a stove. Which process causes the metal handle of the pot to.also become hot?

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That would be conduction. Metal handles can absorb heat very well so it would easily spread through and to the metal handle which heats it up making it hot!
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That's heat transfer by the process of conduction.

The stuff in the pot heats uniformly because of convection.
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