Thermal Energy

• Temperature

  • How cold or hot an object is
  • Measures in degrees Celcius (C°) with a thermometer
• Thermal Energy

  • The movement of particles inside matter
  • Comes from the total kinetic energy of all particles
  • Measured in joules (J)
• Joulmeter


  A device that measures heat energy
• Heat Energy

  • Thermal energy flowing

  --> Always flows from a region of high temperature to a region of low temperature

  --> By conduction, convection or radiation