Question

What is meant by heat?

Answer 1

Heat:

1. Heat can be defined as the flow of energy from a warm to a cooler object.
2. The direction of flow of the heat energy takes from the substance of higher temperature to the substance of lower temperature.
3. This is because the molecules vibrating faster are transferring their energy to the molecules vibrating slower.
4. Heat is due to the difference in temperature as per thermodynamics.