How is temperature different from heat?
Temperature is a measure of the average energy content of a substance, while heat is a form of energy transfer. If you think of it analogously to water or electricity, you could describe it as: Temperature = Water Pressure = Electrical Voltage Heat = Volume of Water Flow = Electrical Current. Here’s another way to think about it. Consider the spark across an automobile spark plug. Then consider a pot of boiling water. The spark has a very high TEMPERATURE (probably several thousand degrees), but very little HEAT. You could probably touch it without burning yourself. In contrast, the pot of boiling water has a much lower temperature (about 212 F/100 C), but it contains much more HEAT. If you touched it or poured in yourself, you would get seriously burned. I hope this helps.
