The Concept of Temperature Temperature and Heat Temperature and heat are not the same phenomenon.
Temperature is a measure of the intensity or degree of hotness in a body.
Technically, it is determined by getting the average speed of a body's molecules. Heat is a measure of the quantity of heat energy present in a body. The spatial distribution of temperature in a body determines heat flow. Heat always flows from warmer to colder areas. The heat held in a object depends not only on its temperature but also its mass .