HEAT

AND
TEMPERATURE

What is heat?

In physics, everything in the

universe can be broadly
classified as matter or energy.

Universe

Matter
( Has mass and occupy space)

form (type) of energy

Heat is __________________

Energy
( No mass and does not occupy
space)
Examples: Sound
Heat
Light
:
:

The Stars
Electric Iron

The Sun

Human

(Our own star)

Sources
________of
heat

Barbeque
(Burning charcoal)

Penguins

The Sun is Earths main source of energy we

Heat
call SOLAR ENERGY
(Solar energy includes ______ Heat and Light
energy)

Green plants
need light
energy only
to make food

Solar energy (heat and light) drives our

weather system, giving rise to winds, waves

Heat
Feeling heat
o
o
o

You can feel whether something is hot or cold with

your sense of touch.
However, your skin cannot accurately measure how
hot or cold something is.
Your skin can only sense if something is hot or cold
by comparing it with how hot or cold your skin was
before.
If our skin is not an accurate measure
of how hot or cold something is, then
what can we use?