Heat and Thermal Energy Transfer
Helpful before this lesson
- Not completed: Temperature and Thermometers
- Not completed: Internal Energy
- Not completed: Molecular Structure and Bonding
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Learning Objectives
- Students will be able to define heat as thermal energy transfer between objects
- Students will be able to calculate heat energy using Q = mcΔT
- Students will be able to apply conservation of energy in thermal systems
Core Concepts
- thermal_energy_transfer
- temperature_difference
- heat_capacity
- calorie
- joule