Read the following questions carefully and choose the best options.
 
1. When a metal cooking pan is placed on a stove, the  of the pan heats up first. The heat then travels to the rest of the pan through . Since the cooking pan is made of metal, the from the metal which is is transferred to the vegetables that are .  The handle of the cooking pan is made of wood because it is a conductor of heat.
 
2. Air is an insulator because .