Question

Describe and differentiate between the following heat transfer mechanisms: conduction, convection, radiation and evaporation. In your section on radiation, describe and differentiate between radiative heat transfer between animals and other terrestrial objects, radiative heat transfer between animals, radiative heat transfer between animals and the clear night sky and radiative heat transfer between animals and the sun.

Answer 1

Answer:

Explanation: Radiation is divergence out from a central point, in particular evolution from an ancestral animal or plant group into a variety of new forms.

Ectotherms vs. endotherms

sun is Earth’s principal source of radiative energy. With a surface temperature of

approximately 6000K, the sun’s electromagnetic radiation transmits some of this heat in the

form of infrared radiation to our atmosphere and to varied surfaces on Earth