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When people place a metal saucepan on the heating element of a stove, heat is transferred from the element to the saucepan by: A reflection.

B convection.
C conduction.
D radiation.

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The matter is stationary on a macroscopic scale—we know that thermal motion of the atoms and molecules occurs at any temperature above absolute zero.) Heat transferred from the burner of a stove through the bottom of a pan to food in the pan is transferred by conduction.

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