In order to boil an egg, a student puts the egg in a pan of water and heats the pan on the stove. Which methods of the heat transfer are used to transfer the majority of the heat to the water and the egg?

Convection (heat transfer from boiling water)

Conduction (heat transfer from the bottom the of pan)

Explanation:

Convection is heat flux through liquids and gases.

Conduction is heat flux through solid materials.

Radiation is heat flux through electromagnetic waves.