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In all cases, heat flows from where it's hot to where it's not. Can water flow uphill? Heat cannot flow from something cold to something hot. This would be a violation of thermodynamic laws. Oh, there might be something out there that can operate that way, that is, cause heat to flow from cold objects to hot ones, but it is doubtful that a physicists could visualize this and how it could work. It would be easier to explain why water flowed uphill. Possible, but not in any way we know. Note: Let's not split hairs with this one and say that any body that is not a 0 K will radiate heat. Stick with the basics. The warmer object will radiate "more" heat and cool down while warming a colder object. It's a simple and straight forward thermal gradient, which is a difference of temperature that sets up "heat pressure" causing thermal energy to move from hot to cold.

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Heat Transfer is the study of how heat flows through objects. Any object that has temperature wants to dissipate it into surrounding objects and to colder objects. If the surrounding objects or air is at the same temperature, then heat will not flow. Some materials conduct heat more than others. Heat can be transferred into flowing gases and air. There is no such thing as cold flow. Rather it the flow of heat such that it cools one area and moves it to another area where it is dissipated.

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It always flows from a body of higher temperature to a body of lower temperature.

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---except that this is called 'heat', not 'thermal energy'. Thermal energy is an obsolete term for what we now call 'internal energy'.

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its pretty much heat that u make yourself---->body-heat. or the sun has thermal energy due to endless(not really) explotions to make it a great big fire-ball! thus that heat comes down to the earth.

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Heat energy always flows from the "warmer" object to the "cooler" object.

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heat flows from

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warmer to cooler

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from medium to another

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How does thermal energy always flow?

heat


Thermal energy flows from what to what?

Higher temperature to lower temperature. Thermal energy will always flow down the energy gradient.


The flow of thermal energy?

the flow of thermal energy


How will the flow of thermal energy affect the cocoa?

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What is the flow of thermal energy call?

The flow of thermal energy is called heat transfer. It is through the various means of heat transfer that thermal energy moves from one place to another. Heat moves from where it is hot to where it is not. Always. Think it through and it will make perfect sense.


What direction does thermal energy flow?

Thermal Energy always transfer from the higher temperature to lower temperature until both bodies reach the same temperature or in thermal equilibrium with each other.


The flow of energy is called what?

The flow of thermal energy is called heat transfer. It is through the various means of heat transfer that thermal energy moves from one place to another. Heat moves from where it is hot to where it is not. Always. Think it through and it will make perfect sense.


Can heat be thermal energy?

Heat is thermal energy. Always.


Is heat the flow thermal energy?

yes it is


Is the flow of thermal energy?

yes or no ______________________________________ yes


Does your body gain or lose thermal energy if your body temperature is 37 degrees Celsius and the temperature around you is 25 degrees Celsius?

You will lose thermal energy.Heat (energy) will always flow from warmer to cooler.


When does thermal energy cease to move from one object to another?

When they are in thermal contact and their temperatures are the same there is no NET flow of energy. If the objects are both thermally insulated there will be no flow of energy at all.