Often before sunrise on a clear, calm, cold morning, ice (frost) can be seen on the tops of parked cars, even when the air temperature is above freezing because the tops of cars are cooling by a loss of

a. ?conduction.
b. ?convection.
c. ?latent heat.
d. ?radiation.
e. ?condensation.


ANSWER: d

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