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If you laze on a beach in the sunshine you are aware of the heat energy from the Sun falling on your body as you get hotter and hotter! This experience is an example of a basic physical fact; heat energy supplied to a body causes its temperature to rise.
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© 1984 H. J. P. Keighley, F. R. McKim, A. Clark and M. J. Harrison
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Keighley, H.J.P., McKim, F.R., Clark, A., Harrison, M.J. (1984). Heat Energy. In: Mastering Physics. Macmillan Master Series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-07381-8_9
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