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Unit 5 Lesson 1 What Does Heat Energy Do? Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company Unit 5 Lesson 1 What Does Heat Energy Do? Florida Benchmarks • SC.3.N.3.1 Recognize that words in science can have different or more specific meanings than their use in everyday language; for example, energy, cell, heat/cold, and evidence. • SC.3.P.11.1 Investigate, observe, and explain that things that give off light often also give off heat. • SC.3.P.11.2 Investigate, observe, and explain that heat is produced when one object rubs against another, such as rubbing one’s hands together. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company Unit 5 Lesson 1 What Does Heat Energy Do? Sharing the Warmth • Some common words have special meanings in science. • You might use the word heat to mean how warm something is. • In science, heat is energy that moves from warmer objects to cooler objects. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company Unit 5 Lesson 1 What Does Heat Energy Do? Sharing the Warmth • Temperature is the measure of how hot or cold something is. • Temperature is measured in degrees. • Heat always moves from an object with a higher temperature to one with a lower temperature. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company Unit 5 Lesson 1 What Does Heat Energy Do? Turn Up the Heat • When you cook food in a pot, heat moves from the flame to the pot. Then, it moves to the food. • In an oven, heat moves from the oven, to the air, and then to the food. • Some things, such as oven mitts, slow the movement of heat. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company Unit 5 Lesson 1 What Does Heat Energy Do? Hot Light • Heat and light are forms of energy. • Many objects that give off light also give off heat. • Objects that give off both heat and light include lightbulbs, toaster coils, hot lava, the sun, charcoal, and burning candles. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company Unit 5 Lesson 1 What Does Heat Energy Do? Burn Rubber • When two things rub against each other, there is friction where they touch. • Friction produces heat. • The faster and harder the two things rub, the more heat is produced. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company