🔥 By the end of this lesson, you’ll be able to:

• Distinguish between heat and temperature:
  • Heat is the transfer of thermal energy between systems due to a temperature difference
  • Temperature is a measure of the average kinetic energy of particles in a substance
  • Understand why two objects can have the same temperature but different amounts of heat
• Explore the three primary methods of heat transfer:
  • Conduction – heat transfer through direct contact (e.g., a metal spoon warming in hot soup)
  • Convection – heat transfer through fluid movement (e.g., warm air rising in a room or ocean currents)
  • Radiation – heat transfer via electromagnetic waves (e.g., sunlight warming your skin or heat from a fire)