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A fried egg on the ground.
What phenomenon allows the sidewalk to heat up and cook an egg?

absorption
diffraction
reflection
transmission

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Absorption.

Sunlight (radiant energy) is absorbed by the sidewalk material and converted to heat, raising its temperature enough to cook an egg. Reflection would keep light from heating it, transmission passes light through, and diffraction just bends waves.