Question

A student visits the beach during a very hot day. She steps on the sand and jumps because it is too hot. What type of heat transfer is demonstrated by the sand in this example?

Answer 1

Conduction. If she could feel the heat without touching the sand, it would be radiation.

Answer 2

@whpalmer4 as given she has touched the sand, so cant be conduction alone.

Answer 3

The question is focused on the contact with the sand. It is conduction.

Answer 4

, mzxm, mcn.,cm

Answer 5

conduction