B- Pete's hands have conducted heat and hence the transfer of energy that took place during this is said to be conduction.
Conduction is basically a feature of human body and when Pete touched the hot tea cup with his hands, the human body being able to conduct heat, Pete felt the warmth in his hands.
- Heat is conducted in the human body and it is the basic feature of the human body and hence the warmth felt due to heat is felt when a part of human body comes in direct body.
- Conduction is referred to as the process of conducting an element of nature through the way of applied force or external source reacting to such a thing when the element is actively working.
- There are two types of conductors of heat- good conductors and bad conductors, Rubber and plastic are referred to as bad conductors and human body is a good conductor of heat due to iron present in body.
Hence, the correct option is B that the process of conduction in transfer of energy took place when Pete touched his hands with hot tea cup.
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