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

All Answers 1

Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
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.