Asked by hoovan
A fried egg sitting on a sidewalk.
What type of interaction allows the sidewalk to heat up and cook the egg?
absorption
diffraction
reflection
transmission
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Absorption.
Sunlight hitting the sidewalk is absorbed by the pavement, converting the electromagnetic energy into thermal energy; the heated surface then cooks the egg. Reflection would send light away, transmission would pass it through, and diffraction just bends waves.
Sunlight hitting the sidewalk is absorbed by the pavement, converting the electromagnetic energy into thermal energy; the heated surface then cooks the egg. Reflection would send light away, transmission would pass it through, and diffraction just bends waves.
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