Students use the term ‘temperature’ less frequently than ‘heat’ when talking about thermal phenomena
Energy and Thermal Physics
Misconception
By age 8-9, many have developed an idea that temperature is related to levels or degrees of heat and know that a thermometer is used to measure this.
Resources to Address This
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Warming things up (11-14)
Ref - SPT En05 PN01
All of these three aspects of warming up are linked and all happen together.
- The temperature of the warmed object rises.
- The associated thermal store of energy fills a little.
- More energy is shared amongst the particles in the object being warmed, and they move around more.
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References
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