Questions: You hold your hands next to a fire, and feel bursts of heat as the flame flickers. This is an example of which mode of heat transfer? Radiation Conduction Convection

You hold your hands next to a fire, and feel bursts of heat as the flame flickers. This is an example of which mode of heat transfer?

Radiation

Conduction

Convection

Transcript text: You hold your hands next to a fire, and feel bursts of heat as the flame flickers. This is an example of which mode of heat transfer? Radiation Conduction Convection

Solution

Solution Steps

Step 1: Identify the scenario

The problem describes holding your hands next to a fire and feeling bursts of heat as the flame flickers.

Step 2: Understand the modes of heat transfer

There are three modes of heat transfer:

Radiation: Transfer of heat through electromagnetic waves without involving particles.
Conduction: Transfer of heat through direct contact between materials.
Convection: Transfer of heat through the movement of fluids (liquids or gases).

Step 3: Determine the appropriate mode of heat transfer

Since the heat is felt without direct contact and is experienced as bursts, it indicates the transfer of heat through electromagnetic waves.