Which of the following properties of electromagnetic radiation is responsible for planets being heated up by the sun?

The have oscillating electric and magnetic fields

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They travel at the speed of light

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They travel through vacuum

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They can transport energy

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Solution

The correct options are
C They travel through vacuum
D They can transport energy
Radiation travels in the form of electromagnetic waves. Therefore, it is the only mode of heat transfer that can occur without a medium. It does travel with the speed of light and have oscillating electric and magnetic fields but these prooperties do not have any contribution in the heating effect of sun-rays,

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