Heat Energy

Gap-fill exercise

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All objects can or emit thermal radiation. Hot objects emit more than cold.

The temperature of an object depends on the energy. This happens because the molecules in the object are . The more they vibrate, the higher the . The spark from a sparkler is very hot, but its total internal energy is much than a mug of warm tea. Tthis is because there are fewer in the tiny spark.