When you touch a hot stove with your finger you get burned by the heat transferred to your finger. What mode of heat transfer is responsible for this?
A) conduction.
B) convection.
C) radiation.
D) none of the above.

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Conduction is the transfer of heat through a material or between two materials in contact. In this case, the heat is transferred from the stove to your finger through conduction as they are in direct contact with each other.

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