0
you feel the heat because electromagnetic waves carry energy so objects that absorb electromagnetic radiation receive energy.
Wiki User
∙ 12y ago
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
Why if your hand is held near to the side of a flame does the front of your hand feel heat?
Mostly the heat you feel will be radiation from the flame, which travels in straight lines. Thus it hits the side of the hand nearer the flame.
Why if your hand is held high above a burning candle does it feel heat?
Air near the flame is heated and rises, thus reaching your hand. This is heat transfer by convection.
When checking to see if a door is hot the first thing that you do is?
Hold your hand NEAR it and see if you can feel any radiated heat. Do not touch it!
In order to heat a room evenly should heating vents be placed near the floor or near the ceiling of the room?
It would be better to place the heating vent near the floor because the heat will travel up and down, so that way the room would be heated evenly. If you place it near the ceiling, the heat would not heat the floor that well, since the heating vent sucks back in the heat
Why is it hotter near the ceiling than near the floor of a room?
Heat rises, so it is hotter near the ceiling than near the floor.
Why do you feel hot when you stand near the fire?
Cause heat could be transfered through thin air - it's called radiation.
What cause you to get warm if you stand near a fire?
the heat from the fire! what kind of question is that?
Why if your hand is held near to the side of a flame does the front of your hand feel heat?
Mostly the heat you feel will be radiation from the flame, which travels in straight lines. Thus it hits the side of the hand nearer the flame.
Why if your hand is held high above a burning candle does it feel heat?
Air near the flame is heated and rises, thus reaching your hand. This is heat transfer by convection.
Why does a clothes dryer require a 220 volt outlet while a toaster only requires a 110 volt outlet?
Because a toaster does not pull near the current that a cloths dryer does.
Why does a clothes dryer requires a 220 volt outlet while a toaster only requires a 110 volt outlet?
Because a toaster does not pull near the current that a cloths dryer does.
When checking to see if a door is hot the first thing that you do is?
Hold your hand NEAR it and see if you can feel any radiated heat. Do not touch it!
Can you explain why you feel warm when you are standing away from a campfire?
A fire burns fuel to produce heat and gasses. Some of the heat comes off as visible light and some warms the air in and around the fire and this rises with the smoke.However, allot of the heat comes off as infra red radiation - a form of light that you can not see with your eyes, but that you can feel with your skin (as the warmth from the fire).Your skin is always trading heat with its surroundings, your body is always losing heat at a moderate rate to the air touching it. When more heat comes in than goes out, the skin feels warm. So the side of you that faces a fire will feel hot because it is getting more heat than it is losing (because it is absorbing the infra red radiation), while your back surface is shaded from the fire's energy (by your front) and this will be losing more heat than it is receiving and will therefore feel cold.
Can go near heat 3 weeks after you have a baby?
Near heat? You can go near anything you could go near, or could not, before you were pregnant.
What are the most important safety rules?
Don't play near any hot items! Don't stick metal in the toaster!
How do you know if a gun's hot?
Place your hand near the barrel. If you feel heat, it's hot. If you want to know if it's stolen, check with your local police.
What does the acronym NEAR stand for?
The acronym NEAR stands for Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous.
