Question 1 Report
| Method | Example |
|---|---|
| conduction | warm air rising above a heater |
| convection | a spoon heating in hot soup |
| radiation | the Sun warming the Earth |
| conduction | a spoon becoming hot by contact |
Table 1.1 tries to match each method of thermal energy transfer to an example. Only one row is matched correctly. Which row is correct?
The correct answer is radiation: the Sun warming the Earth. Energy from the Sun crosses empty space with no particles, which is radiation, so this pairing is right. A spoon heating in hot soup is conduction, not convection; warm air rising above a heater is convection, not conduction; and a spoon warming by contact is conduction, not radiation, so those rows are mismatched.
Everything you need to excel in your exams