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Imagine that you have just made a fresh apple pie. When you take it out of the oven, it is so hot, you can't even hold it in your hand; so you place it on the kitchen table. Now, several minutes later, you are able to cut a slice and eat it. The apple pie has cooled, the question now is, where has the heat gone? Select which of the following below is most likely to have occurred and provide a well developed, written explanation for your response using scientific principles learned in class.

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Answer:

Radiation (I think)

Step-by-step explanation:

The electromagnetic radiation emitted from the source carries heat energy away from the source to surroundings, the infrared or electromagnetic waves escape from the hot apple pie through radiation into the surrounding air.

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