• HOW WOULD YOU

DESCRIBE HEAT? HAVE YOU

EVER BEEN HOT OR COLD?
• I can demonstrate how
things become hot or cold.
Heat Transfer

How does heat move?

What is energy & temperature

◼ Everything is made up of
Atoms
◼ Atoms are the building blocks
◼ Atoms are always in motion –
they’re always moving
◼ How fast atoms move
depends on their state.
◼ In a solid the atoms are
moving very slowly.
◼ In a liquid they are moving a
little faster.
◼ In a gas they are moving even
faster.
◼ Temperature also affects
how fast the atoms are
moving. The higher the
temperature the faster the
atoms are moving.
What do you notice about the
molecules in each state of matter?
◼ Temperature is the
average amount of energy
of motion of each
molecule of a substance.
We think of it as how hot
or cold something is
What is TEMPERATURE

• Temperature is a measure of how hot or

cold something is; specifically, a
measure of the average kinetic energy
of the particles in an object,
◼ Thermometer is used to
measure temperature. It works
because liquids expand when
they heat up (moves the liquid
up the glass tube) and contract
when they cool (liquid moves
down the glass tube)
Thermometer
 Transfer of Heat
(Thermal) Energy
• Heat (thermal energy) is transferred
from one object to another when the
objects are at different temperatures.

• Thermal energy always moves from

warmer to cooler objects
 Conductors and Insulators

• Substances that transfer thermal

energy very well are called
Conductors.
• Substances that do not transfer
thermal energy very well are called
Insulators.
How does heat move?

◼There are three ways in

which heat moves:
radiation, conduction, and
convection
 Radiation
◼ This is the simplest form of heat
transfer; heat moves by waves.
With radiation, heat is carried
by electromagnetic waves.
Radiation
Radiation
 Radiation
Eureka video clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watc
h?v=2JZciWtK6vc
Animations of Heat Transfer

http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/asset
/lsps07_int_heattransfer/

https://www.e-
education.psu.edu/egee102/node/2053
Scroll down for animations
 Conduction
◼ Heat is transferred by two
bodies that are in contact with
each other. Heat ‘flows’ from
one object to the other. The
heat is moving between those
objects.
Conduction
 Conduction
• Conduction is the
transfer of heat by
direct contact
(particles collide)
• Conduction occurs
most easily in
solids
and liquids
 Conduction
Animation:
http://www.passmyexams.co.uk/GCSE/p
hysics/conduction-heat-transfer.html

Eureka Video clip:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=Yitiw6Y7xZg
 Your turn…Explain the movement of
thermal energy if you were about to eat
the Chinese food below. How is this an
example of Conduction?
 Convection
◼ Hot portions of a fluid move
through the fluid itself. The hot
part of the fluid mixes with the
cold part of the fluid and
transfers the heat. This is the
most efficient form of heat
transfer.
 Everyday Examples of Convection Currents

http://www.healthyheating.com/Definitions/heat-
transfer-convection.htm#.VD7SIfmjOSo
 Convection
Animations and Video Clips
http://www.passmyexams.co.uk/GCSE/
physics/convection-heat-transfer.html
Eureka Video clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
ON2Y3FEk_UI
 Convection
Describe an example of convection
that you have experienced recently
at home, at school, or outside.
 How Hot was it?
Dashboard Oven
Hot

What cooked the cookies?

Examples of Heat
Transfer
 What We Know So Far
◼ Everything is made up of atoms
which are always moving
◼ Temperature can make atoms
move faster or slower
◼ Heat can move in three different
ways: radiation, conduction
and convection.