The point has already been made that we are not very sensitive to thermal energy. The extra energy needed to make your house warm on a winter day would be enough to throw it a mile in the air (something the gas company strives to prevent). It is a very large amount of energy and we barely notice it. A concept like conservation of energy isn't going to mean anything if we are going to ignore the largest part of the energy budget!
There are many occasions in the kitchen when it is useful and practical to know how thermal energy and temperature are related:
Here are some quesions that we will understand after we have studied how temperature and energy are related:
This car was parked long before sundown, and then left out all night.
The next morning, it is all covered with frost.
Why is there a disturbance in the ice crystal pattern
right over the engine?
Every bridge in the state of North Carolina has a sign like this.
Why does the bridge ice first?
The unit on the relationship between energy and temperature.