Select All of the Following That Are Examples of Conduction

question 42

Multiple Choice

Select all of the following that are examples of conduction.

• A) when you are sitting by a campfire, the heat you feel on your body
• B) the heat you feel from the Sun on a hot summer day
• C) when you are heating water in a pot, water is heated on the bottom and then rises to the top to be replaced by cooler water
• D) when you accidentally touch the bottom of a pot that you just boiled water in, the heat you feel from the pot
• E) the metal hot dog holders used to roast hot dogs over an open fire gradually heat up over the fire and eventually heat up the handle

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