Identify the method of heat transfer taking place in the given situation. a spoon full of sugar is stirred into a cup of hot coffee and the spoon gets warm.
the method of heat transfer in this situation is known as:

conduction
convection
radiation
none of the above

The heating up of the spoon in the process of using it to stir the sugar into the hot coffee is an example of Conduction. This is a method of heat transfer in which media is required because the heat is passed on from one molecule to another molecule in contact to it.