help with homework please i cannot find it in my textbook.
2007-11-12 15:15:48 · 4 answers · asked by candybar1234 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Temperature is a measurement of the average kinetic energy of the molecules in a substance. Heat is a measurement of the total energy (kinetic plus potential) in a substance.
2007-11-12 15:25:55 · answer #1 · answered by jgoulden 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Actually all of the above answers are wrong. Heat is a form of energy (i.e. infrared radiation) and is measured in units of joules, while temperature is a measurement of the average kinetic energy of molecules in a body and is given in units of degrees (Celsius, Fahrenheit and Kelvin).
2007-11-13 00:13:10 · answer #2 · answered by PhysicsDude 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Temperature is what you feel, heat is a measure of the energy content. You will have to pump much more energy as heat into a bar of aluminum to make it feel the same temperature to your hand as a same size bar of plastic.
2007-11-12 23:29:07 · answer #3 · answered by pschroeter 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
heat is what you feel on your skin, temperature is what is measured on your equiptment.
2007-11-12 23:22:23 · answer #4 · answered by tigger 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋