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O-LevelPhysicsThermal Physics5054/12 · May/June 2022 · Q161 Mark

How is heat energy transferred through the vacuum of space from the Sun to the Moon's surface?

Aconduction only
Bconvection only
Cradiation only
Dconduction, convection and radiation

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C: radiation only

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Thermal Physics, O-Level Physics (syllabus 5054). Multiple choice, 1 mark.
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O-Level Physics, May/June 2022 Paper 1 Variant 2, question 16.

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