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    Heat is a form of energy that gives the sensation of warmth, while temperature is the degree of hotness or coldness of a body. Heat is measured using a calorie meter and refers to the total kinetic energy of vibrating molecules, while temperature is measured using a thermometer and refers to how hot or cold something feels. There are differences between clinical and lab thermometers in their scales and shapes. Heat and temperature are not the same - heat is the transfer of thermal energy between objects due to a temperature difference, while temperature is a measure of average kinetic energy.

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    Heat is a form of energy that gives the sensation of warmth, while temperature is the degree of hotness or coldness of a body. Heat is measured using a calorie meter and refers to the total kinetic energy of vibrating molecules, while temperature is measured using a thermometer and refers to how hot or cold something feels. There are differences between clinical and lab thermometers in their scales and shapes. Heat and temperature are not the same - heat is the transfer of thermal energy between objects due to a temperature difference, while temperature is a measure of average kinetic energy.

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    Heat is a form of energy that gives the sensation of warmth, while temperature is the degree of hotness or coldness of a body. Heat is measured using a calorie meter and refers to the total kinetic energy of vibrating molecules, while temperature is measured using a thermometer and refers to how hot or cold something feels. There are differences between clinical and lab thermometers in their scales and shapes. Heat and temperature are not the same - heat is the transfer of thermal energy between objects due to a temperature difference, while temperature is a measure of average kinetic energy.

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    LESSON NOTES ABOUT HEAT AND TEMPERATURE

    HEAT
    Heat is a form of energy which gives the sensation of warmth. The sum total kinetic
    energy of all the vibrating molecules of a matter is heat energy. Temperature –The
    degree of hotness or coldness of a body is called temperature.
    The differences between heat and temperature are as follows:
    Heat Temperature  

    The sum total kinetic energy of all the  


    The degree of hotness or coldness of
    vibrating molecules of a matter is heat  
    a body is called temperature.
    energy.
     
    Heat is measured by using calorie Temperature is measured by using
    meter. thermometer.  
     
     
    The differences between clinical and simple thermometer are as follows:
    Clinical thermometer Lab thermometer  

    The thermometer which is used to  


    The thermometer used to measure the
    measure the temperature of different  
    human body temperature is called
    chemicals, solvents and reagents is
    clinical thermometer.  
    called laboratory thermometer.
    The stem is graduated from 35 0C to The stem is graduated from -100C to  
    420C. 1100C.  
    It doesn't have construction in its  
    It has construction in its stem.
    stem.
     
    It is prismatic in shape. It is round and cylindrical in shape.

    Let’s
    take a closer look at heat and temperature now. When you add heat to a substance you
    are giving it energy. There are two things that can happen when you heat a substance;

     The substances undergo a rise in temperature corresponding to the increase in


    the kinetic energy of the molecules; i.e. the heat gives the molecules extra
    energy to move around with more speed, and this increase in speed implies an
    increase in temperature. The molecules now travel faster than before the heat
    was supplied.

     The substance can also undergo a change in phase or state; for example, at a
    certain temperature i.e. 100oC or 373oK, on an addition of further heat, the water
    molecules begin to leave in a vapour state. This is called the change of phase.
    One thing we should remember is that the energy added to change the state of a
    substance does not result in an increase in temperature, i.e, if we have a cup of
    water at 90o C, addition of heat will cause this temperature to rise to 100 o C, if we
    still add heat, the water turns into water vapour with a temperature of 100 o The
    absorbed energy in phase changes is not used to increase temperature but is
    used to change the phase and it is called the latent heat of vaporization.

    It is very important to know that, in science, heat and temperature are not the same
    thing.

     Heat is the transfer of thermal energy from a system to its surroundings or from
    one object to another as a result of a difference in temperature. Heat is measured in
    joules (J). This is because heat is a transfer of energy.
     Temperature is a measure of how hot or cold a substance feels and it is
    measured in degrees Celsius (°C). Temperature is a measure of the average kinetic
    energy of the particles in an object or system. We use a thermometer to measure the
    temperature of an object or substance.

    Heat is the transfer of energy. During energy transfer, the energy moves from the hotter
    object to the colder object. This means that the hotter object will cool down and the
    colder object will warm up. The energy transfer will continue until both objects are at the
    same temperature.

    There are 3 ways in which thermal energy can be transferred from one object/substance
    to another, or from a system to its surroundings:

    1. Conduction
    2. Convection
    3. Radiation

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