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A down jacket keeps your body warm mostly by reducing which form of heat transfer?

a. conduction
b. convection
c. thermal radiation

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conduction, i'm doing the same question xd
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The correct answer is

a. conduction


In fact, conduction is the transfer of heat by contact between two mediums. The body exchanges heat by conduction with the air around it: when the down jacket is put on the body, it prevents heat from being given by the body to the surrounding air, therefore keeping the body warm.

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