SUMMARY of HEAT ENERGY Grade 7
SUMMARY of HEAT ENERGY Grade 7
SUMMARY of HEAT ENERGY Grade 7
1. Heat of an object is energy that comes as the result of particles/atoms movement of the object.
2. Heat can also be transferred from one object to another, naturally from higher temperature to
lower temperature object.
3. There are 3 ways of heat transfer: conduction, convection and radiation.
a. Conduction is the heat energy transfer without any material flow/particles movement. This
type of transfer usually happens in solid state.
b. Convection is the heat energy transfer done by material flow or followed by particles
movement. This type of transfer usually happens in liquid and gas states.
c. Radiation is the heat energy transfer without any medium (state), done by electromagnetic
wave such as sun light.
4. When heat is given to an object, it may cause some physical changes such as: the change of size,
the change of temperature and the change of state.
5. The change of size is also called expansion (increase) or shrinking (decrease)
6. The amount of heat needed to increase object temperature depends on:
a. The amount of matter (mass of the object)
Δ
b. The object material (specific heat)
Q
c. The temperature increase that happens
7. The amount of heat can be found by using the following formula/equation
mc
Q = m c ΔT
Symbol Definition
T
Common unit related to SI Alternative unit
c
Q Heat energy accepted/released joule (J) calorie (cal)
h
ΔT Temperature increase/decrease °C °C
8. The temperature of the object that releases heat will decrease, while the temperature of the object
that accepts/absorbs heat will increase.
9. The amount of heat needed to change object state depends on:
a. The amount of matter (mass of the object)
a
b. The object material (latent heat)
Q
10. The amount of heat can be found by using the following formula/equation
mL
Q = m Lchange
n
Symbol Definition Common unit related to SI Alternative unit
g
Lchange Latent heat J/kg cal/gram
11. When state change happens, the temperature of the object is constant.
e
12. According to Energy Conservation Law (Energy can’t be created or destroyed, it can only
transform), then when two objects with different temperature are mixed together, then the
amount of heat accepted equals heat released. This statement (Qaccepted = Qreleased) was stated by
Joseph Black (Black’s Law).
13. Spesific heat shows the amount of heat needed to change a unit of mass of material by 1°C.
Latent heat shows the amount of heat needed to change a unit of mass state of matter.
Heat capacity shows the amount of heat needed to change the temperature for 1°C.
C
14. The connection between specific heat and heat capacity is
T mc
C=mc
1
C Specific heat J/kg°C cal/g °C
( Q
15. Melting point and boiling point of an object are influenced by some factors such as impurities and
pressure. Impurities and pressure will make a lower melting point and a higher boiling point.
16. When we give heat to an object such as ice, the physical changes that happen to it can be drawn
into a graph that shows some phases.
0 D E
Below is an example of an amount of ice at -10°C given some heat until it evaporates
Point
°- State Temperature
0 BC
A ice -10C
C1A (
B ice 0°C
C water 0°C
D water 100°C
E vapor 100°C
)0 J
)