Which would be best categorized as heat transfer by convection?

A) Wearing a white shirt to stay cool on a summer day.

B) Noodles rising and falling in a pot of boiling water

C) Touching a metal spoon that is sitting in a pot of boiling water

D) Using a heating blanket to get warm

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Chemistry

Roland Walters

10 February, 18:15

Which would be best categorized as heat transfer by convection?

A) Wearing a white shirt to stay cool on a summer day.

B) Noodles rising and falling in a pot of boiling water

C) Touching a metal spoon that is sitting in a pot of boiling water

D) Using a heating blanket to get warm

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Answers (2)

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Patience Guerrero · Answer 1

The answer is noodles rising and falling in a pot of boiled water

The option is D)

Alessandra Cunningham · Answer 2

B) Noodles rising and falling in a pot of boiling water

Explanation:

Noodles rising and falling in a pot of boiling water. Convection is the movement caused within a fluid by the tendency of hotter and therefore less dense material to rise, and colder, denser material to sink under the influence of gravity, which consequently results in transfer of heat.

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Which would be best categorized as heat transfer by convection?A) Wearing a white shirt to stay cool on a summer day.B) Noodles rising and falling in a pot of boiling waterC) Touching a metal spoon that is sitting in a pot of boiling waterD) Using a heating blanket to get warm

Which would be best categorized as heat transfer by convection?

A) Wearing a white shirt to stay cool on a summer day.

B) Noodles rising and falling in a pot of boiling water

C) Touching a metal spoon that is sitting in a pot of boiling water

D) Using a heating blanket to get warm