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Define heat. How do heat and temperature differ?
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Heat is the transfer of energy from a hotter object to a colder one. This transfer occurs due to the collision of molecules at the interface between the two objects. The molecules in the hotter object are moving or vibrating faster than those in the colder one. As Show more…
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