Heat and temperature are not the same thing, they in fact mean two different things;
- Temperature is related to how fast the atoms within a substance are moving.
- Heat is a measure of how many atoms there are in a substance multiplied by how much energy each atom possesses.
So for example there is more heat in an ice cube than in a flame.
Why? Because although the atoms in an ice cube are moving about three times slower than the atoms in a flame, there are around 1000 times more atoms in an ice cube than in a flame!
It is normal to make an analogy with water.
Water ‘flows’ when there is a difference in the ‘levels’ of water in different places. It doesn’t matter if there is more water in one place or another. Water from a puddle can flow into a reservoir or the other way around. The ‘temperature’ of an object is like the water level – it determines the direction in which ‘heat’ will flow.
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If temperature is a measure of how fast the atoms are moving in a substance. How does this
relate to the sensation of hot and cold?
If atoms are moving quickly through an object they will cause friction, like a rug burn or rubbing two sticks to make a fire. The more friction, the hotter the object is
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Heat is the transfer of energy due to a temperature difference. If there is no temperature difference there is NO heat. If you measured the temperature between one spot of a large block of ice and another spot you would see the same temperature and there would be NO heat.
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Can heat can be removed without change its temperature?
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If temperature is measure of how fast an atom moves… Why can’t it be expressed in terms of rotations or cycles per second???
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