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Heat
Heat
Temperature scales:
CELSIUS, FAHRENHEIT & KELVIN
HEAT
Heat is a thermal energy that is being
transferred from one object to another.
Thermal Energy – the total kinetic and
potential energy of all the particles in a
substance (internal energy).
Heat transfer takes place between objects
of different temperature.
Heat always
flows from
warmer to Ice gets warmer
cooler objects. while hand gets
cooler
Heat versus
temperature
Doubling amount at
same temperature
doubles heat
METHODS OF HEAT
TRANSFER
Heat transfers in three
ways:
METHODS OF HEAT
TRANSFER
1. CONDUCTION
is the transfer of
heat from
molecule to
molecule.
It can take place
in solids, liquids,
and gases but it
takes place best in
solids.
CONDUCTION
Conductivity refers to the ability of the
material to conduct heat. The higher the
conductivity of the object, the better it
conducts heat.
Metals are mostly good conductors of
Why does metal feel colder than wood, if they
heat.
are both at the same temperature?
Metal is a conductor, wood is an insulator. Metal
conducts the heat away from your hands. Wood does
not conduct the heat away from your hands as well
as the metal, so the wood feels warmer than the
metal.
CONDUCTORS AND
INSULATORS
Conductors — Materials
through which heat energy
pass.
CONDUCTORS AND
INSULATORS
Insulators — Materials that
do not allow heat to pass
through.
METHODS OF HEAT
TRANSFER
2. CONVECTION
is the movement of liquids or gases from a
colder region to a warmer region producing
a current.
During convection, warmer
liquid or gas expands and
goes up while cooler liquid or
gas moves down.