Q16
When heat is transferred from hot body to cold body, in a straight line, without affecting the intervening medium, it is referred as heat transfer by
A.
Conduction
B.
Convection
C.
Radiation
AnswerD.
Conduction and convection
Answer: Option C
Solution
Answer: Option C
Solution:
Thermal radiation generates from the emission of electromagnetic waves.
These waves carry the energy away from the emitting object.
Radiation occurs through a vacuum or any transparent medium (either solid or fluid).
Thermal radiation is the direct result of random movements of atoms and molecules in matter.