Heat: Think of heat as something that makes things feel warm or hot. It's like the cozy feeling you get when you sit by a campfire or a warm blanket on
a chilly day. Heat is what makes your hot chocolate warm and your pizza hot.
- When you add heat to something (like turning on the stove to cook pasta), it gets hotter, and when you take heat away (like putting ice in your drink), it gets
cooler.
Temperature: Now, think of temperature as a way to measure how hot or cold something is. It's like a number that tells you how warm or chilly it is
outside. We use units like degrees Fahrenheit (°F) or degrees Celsius (°C) to measure temperature.
- When it's hot outside, the temperature is high (like 90°F or 32°C), and when it's cold, the temperature is low (like 20°F or -6°C).
Key Points:
- Heat is the stuff that makes things warm or hot.
- Temperature is the number we use to say how warm or cold something is.
- When you add heat, things get hotter, and when you remove heat, things get cooler.
- So, heat and temperature are related, but they're not the same thing. Temperature tells you how hot or cold something is, while heat is what makes it feel that
way.
Think of it like a cozy fireplace (heat) warming up a room (temperature). The fireplace provides the heat, and the room's temperature tells you how warm or chilly it
is.