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Which is a type of heat transfer that causes the air at the top floor of a building to be hotter than the air at the bottom floor of a building?
conduction
convection
radiation
reflection
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Convection.
Warm air rises and cooler air sinks, so heat is carried upward by the motion of the air (buoyancy-driven convection). Conduction is transfer through solids, radiation is electromagnetic heat transfer, and reflection is not a heat-transfer mechanism.
Warm air rises and cooler air sinks, so heat is carried upward by the motion of the air (buoyancy-driven convection). Conduction is transfer through solids, radiation is electromagnetic heat transfer, and reflection is not a heat-transfer mechanism.
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