Heat transmission takes place in three ways: conduction,
convection and radiation. Conduction is the transfer of heat between two bodies that are
in direct contact. For example, when you touch a hot pan it feels hot as it is good
conductor of heat.
Convection is the way that heat is
transferred in liquids and gases. Hot liquids and gases rise up and transfer the heat to
the surrounding molecules of the liquid or gas. This makes them cooler again and they
fall down.
Radiation is the transfer of heat by
electromagnetic waves. Hot bodies emit electromagnetic waves which carry energy. This
energy is transferred to the objects on which the radiation falls. This is how the heat
from the Sun reaches the Earth.
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