Whenever you directly touch a hot plate, you immediately feel the heat transfer to your hand the second you touch it. This is an example of heat transfer by what?

Question

a
Radiation
b
Induction
c
Conduction
d
Convection

Answer 1

The correct answer is c) Conduction. Heat transfer by conduction occurs when there is direct contact between two objects at different temperatures, and energy is transferred from the hotter object to the cooler object.