Unit F – Objectives
Heat Energy

• Explain that heat is a form of energy.
• Demonstrate how temperature can be increased in a substance by adding energy.
• Explain that heat energy can be produced when substances burn, are rubbed against each other and when electricity flows through a wire.
• Explain how heat energy is transferred through convection.
• Explore how energy can be transformed from one form to another.
• Explain that the sun is the source of heat and light for the Earth.
• Demonstrate the effects of sunlight on the heating and cooling of Earth materials.
• Demonstrate the effects of insulators and conductors on the transfer of heat energy