Here's a problem to solve: A student is mixing a cup of hot chocolate with a spoon. How is the heat transferred between the hot chocolate and the part of the spoon that is in the hot chocolate?

Among the 4 following options, which is the correct answer?

- A: Conduction transfers energy from the spoon to the hot chocolate.
 
- B: Conduction transfers energy from the hot chocolate to the spoon.
 
- C: Convection transfers energy from the spoon to the hot chocolate.
 
- D: Convection transfers energy from the hot chocolate to the spoon.
 