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OpenStudy (anonymous):

The light from the Sun heats a metal surface. This is an example of a radiation. b reflection. c conduction. d convection.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Hint: Heat Transfer Radiation: It is transfer of energy through space Conduction: Transfer of energy through matter from particle to particle. Example is boiling water. Convection: The Transfer of energy in a gas or liquid by movement of currents. What do you think it will be?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

c

OpenStudy (anonymous):

am i right

OpenStudy (anonymous):

or b

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Nope. Conduction is transfer of energy from 1 matter to another matter. The answer is radiation. Radiation is electromagnetic waves that directly transport ENERGY through space. SUNLIGHT is a form of radiation that is radiated through space to our planet without the aid of fluids or solids.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

thanks got it now

OpenStudy (anonymous):

fanned u

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Thanks. =)

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