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Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Heat and Temperature


Heat is a form of energy caused by the kinetic energy or the energy of motion of atoms and molecules.
Temperature is very similar to heat but don't mix these to words up, they mean different things.
While heat is basically the sum of kinetic energy, temperature is the measure of the average speed of atoms in a sample, or the average sum of kinetic energy in an object. A thermometer like the one above, measures temperature.

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