Why isn't it correct to say that an object has heat?

Answer 1

All objects have heat - look up specific heat and latent heat. Cold is just the absence of heat, and nothing is at absolute zero. It's all relative.

Answer 2

Because heat isn't something that an object can possess. An object can become more hot, or less hot because of the reactions of the particles inside of the object, the atoms.

For example, if you do something to an object that makes its particles move faster, it's temperature generally increases, meaning that it is becoming more hot. It doesn't necessarily have heat.

I hope this helped

Answer 3

Heat is an extensive property of an object like mass, volume, or momentum, so it is perfectly correct to say it "has" heat, just like the other properties.

Answer 4

I've heard people define heat strictly as thermal energy IN TRANSIT. I wouldn't get all pedantic about it though. An object has thermal energy; it has heat. It's okay to say that in my book.

Here's a wiki link, the first line of which has the strict definition I cited above. It goes on to explain that heat is defined for a process, not for an object.

Answer 5

just what object doesn't have heat?it's correct to say an object has heat.

Answer 6

Heat is due to the motion of molecules.(Kinetic Energy).
Everything consists of molecules ..even near to Absolute Zero Temperature (-273°C), molecules are in motion, so the substance contains some Heat Energy.

Answer 7

Who says?