Describe how energy is transferred from the hot plate to heat up all of the potato
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First due to the process of convection, the heat from the stove will cause atoms on its surface to gain kinetic energy and this, expand. The warm air becomes less dense than the cooler air surrounding it, so the hot air rises and takes the heat energy with it to the top of the stove and the hot plate. This in turn warms up the pan and the water. Convection currents are set up in the water because the hotter part of it is not as dense as the cooler part, so there is an upward buoyant force on the hotter part of the water, making it rise while the cooler, denser, part sinks.The water heats up the potato by conduction. Potatoes also contain a lot of water so that will be heated up by the stove too causing the potato itself to warm up.
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