MANOG, JOHNREY C.

POWER PLAT STEAM

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1. What is heat and where does it come from?

Heat is simply the transfer of energy from a hot object to a colder object.
Heat flows from one object to another (between the system and the surroundings) when a
temperature difference exists between system and surroundings.   Heat is not something that is
contained in an object. Objects do not contain heat. Objects, which are made of atoms, molecules
and ions, contain energy.  Heat is a form of energy that can be transferred from one object to
another or even created at the expense of the loss of other forms of energy. Heat energy is the
result of the movement of tiny particles called atoms, molecules or ions in solids, liquids and
gases.  
Heat is the flow of energy from a higher temperature object to a lower temperature object. 
2. How does cooling and heating work?
When a substance is heated, it gains thermal energy. Therefore, its particles move faster
and its temperature rises. When a substance is cooled, it loses thermal energy, which causes its
particles to move more slowly and its temperature to drop.
3. When something cools down, what is it losing or gaining?
When a substance is cooled, it loses thermal energy, which causes its particles to move
more slowly and its temperature to drop
4. What is hot and cold?
When something is hot, it has a lot of heat energy because it gains thermal energy.
Whereas, when something is cold, it has less heat energy because it loses thermal energy.

5. Is heat the same thing as temperature?

NO, heat is different from temperature. Heat is simply the transfer of energy from a hot
object to a colder object. While temperature a measure of the average amount of kinetic energy
possessed by the particles in a sample of matter, temperature is what the thermometer reads.
6. What is temperature?
Temperature is a measure of the ability of a substance, or more generally of any physical system,
to transfer heat energy to another physical system.
Temperature is a measure of the average amount of kinetic energy possessed by the particles in a
sample of matter. The more the particles vibrate, translate and rotate, the greater the temperature
of the object.
Higher temperature object with greater kinetic energy than there are in the lower temperature
object. 
Temperature is a measure of the ability of a substance, or more generally of any physical system,
to transfer heat energy to another physical system. The higher the temperature of an object is, the
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greater the tendency of that object to transfer heat. The lower the temperature of an object is, the
greater the tendency of that object to be on the receiving end of the heat transfer.

7. How does a thermometer measure temperature?

Liquid thermometers are based on the principal of thermal expansion. When a substance
gets hotter, it expands to a greater volume. Nearly all substances exhibit this behavior of thermal
expansion. It is the basis of the design and operation of thermometers. As the temperature of the
liquid in a thermometer increases, its volume increases. The liquid is enclosed in a tall, narrow
glass (or plastic) column with a constant cross-sectional area. The increase in volume is thus due
to a change in height of the liquid within the column. The increase in volume, and thus in the
height of the liquid column, is proportional to the increase in temperature.
8. What is energy and where does it come from?
Energy in physics is "the ability to do work". Energy is how things change and move. It
is everywhere around us and takes all sorts of forms.  It may exist in potential, kinetic, thermal,
electrical, chemical, nuclear, or other various forms.

9. What is meant by energy conservation?

Conservation of energy, principle of physics according to which the energy of interacting
bodies or particles in a closed system remains constant.  Conservation of energy is the principle
that energy is not created or destroyed; it only moves from one place to another - from one type
of energy to another.
10. Why do we need this thing we call energy?
Heat is important to all aspects of life, especially plants and mammals. Plant life relies
on heat, among other things, to survive as well. Heat is a result of energy, which can be
beneficial as well as dangerous. Understanding the properties and uses of heat can help
increase efficiency of heat or energy use as well as increase understanding of things like
weather changes and survival.
11. How do we measure heat and energy?
Calorimetry is the science associated with determining the changes in energy of a system
by measuring the heat exchanged with the surroundings.
A calorimeter is a device used to measure the quantity of heat transferred to or from an object
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12. What happens to energy after it is used?

When stored energy is being used to do something, we call it kinetic energy; "kinetic"
means movement and, generally, when stored energy is being used up, it is making things move
or happen
Since kinetic energy is one of the forms of internal energy, the release of heat from an
object causes a decrease in the average kinetic energy of its particles. This means that the
particles move more sluggishly and the temperature of the object decreases. The release or
absorption of energy in the form heat by an object is often associated with a temperature change
of that object.