Summer Safety: Defining Heat
Summer is quickly approaching. Memorial Day until Labor Day is the mark of the summer season when school is no longer in regular session and more activities happen outdoors. Just about every food festival known to man comes to Rochester. There are tons of outdoor, local trails to explore on foot or by bike. Pools are open for swimming or just to lie about in the summer heat and relax. But what IS heat? What is our relationship to temperature? Thermodynamics is a branch of physics that studies the relationship between “heat” and “force.” More heat equals more force, which …