Yes. Example sentences are below.
While the soup heats on the stove, I'll make a salad and pour some milk.
The fireplace heats our entire home in the winter.
There is no single word for heats which is better.
Evaporation
its called an immersion heater
radiation
"When the sun heats a comet much of it becomes gas."The verb heats is an action verb, a word for the act of applying heat.The verb becomes is a being verb, in this sentence, meaning it comes to be.
heats, hates
Autoclave
Convection
study island answer: radiation
the sun's energy and it's called evaporation
Evaporation
its the energy source. Sun heats Earth, Earth heats air, air expands, air rises, new air blows in. Its called wind.