Other Thermodynamic Principles Practice Test

A burning tree in a forest causes another tree that is twenty inches away to also start burning, without touching it. How is the heat being transferred from the burning tree to the other?

A specific element is kept in two separate containers. The samples are both heated by the same amount of heat, but the element in container 1 experiences a greater temperature change than the element in container 2.

Which of the following could NOT be an explanation for this difference in temperature change?