Multiple choice

Which of the following does NOT use a form of energy transferred through radiation?

  1. clothes dryer

  2. hair dryer

  3. heat from a fireplace

  4. rising & sinking rock in the mantle

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D Correct answer
Explanation

The movement of rock in the mantle is an example of convection, not radiation. Clothes dryers, hair dryers, and fireplaces all utilize radiation to transfer heat.