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Please verify the primary methods by which heat is transferred. Answers in bold/

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Question

Please verify the primary methods by which heat is transferred.  Answers in bold/underline

a) Making hot chocolate in the microwave

conduction     convection    radiation

b) warming a pan of soup on an electric stove

   conduction       convection      radiation

c) drying wet socks by hangin them above a campfire

    conduction         convection          radiation

d) swimming pool heater that introduces jets of warm water

         conduction         convection         radiation

e) cooling your coffee by blowing on it

     conduction       convection      radiation

f) the sun melting the snow on the roads even when the temperature is below freezing

    conduction       convection      radiation

g) preventing heat flow into your car in the summer by placing a shiny folding shade in the windshield

     conduction       convection      radiation

h) warming your hand by wrapping then around a mug of hot cider

     conduction           convection        radiation

   

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Explanation / Answer

Conduction occurs between the contact bodies or with in the bodies

Convection occurs by a medium ,generally air

Radiation doesn't require any medium

hence you can easily relate..

D,F,H is by Conduction

A,B,E is by convection

C,G is by radiation