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Write a paragraph about heat energy.

Heat energy can transfer in three different ways. One way is when the transfer of heat is touching something and that is called Conduction. It transfers heat from a hotter object to a cooler object. For example, when a hand is on a cold table. The hand is transfering heat, from the hand, onto the table. Another way is when the transfer of heat is through the movement of particles is called Convection. Convection occurs in liquids and gases. It occurs when warm particles rise and cool particles fill in the space below in the glass or pan. An example of one is when a person is making chili in a pot. The warm particles in the chili will rise and the cool will sink below and that causes it to boil. One last way is the transfer of energy as waves and that is called Radiation. Radiation travels through matter or empty space. For example the sun's rays, it is beating the heat onto a person without actually seeing it. Radiation, Convection, and Conduction all have one thing in common and that is they all use heat!