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UNIT 8I Heating and Cooling Level 3 Describe what would happen to their hand if they held a metal rod in a flame Describe objects that allow heat to travel through them and those that do not Describe hot objects getting colder in terms of heat going out of the object Level 4 Describe hot objects getting colder in terms of heat energy being transferred to surroundings Describe temperature as a measure of hot an object is Name some materials that are good and bad conductors of heat Recognise that substances can change state when heated or cooled Recognise that substances could expand or contract when heated or cooled Describe insulators as reducing heat loss Level 5 Describe the transfer of energy from hotter objects to cooler ones using the terms conduction, convection and radiation Describe solids as being are better conductors than liquids and gases Begin to use particle model to explain transfer of heat energy Level 6 Use the particle model to explain the difference between conduction, convection and radiation Describe the relationship between energy transferred and increase in temperature Draw an energy flow diagram explaining how energy is transferred from a hot object to the surroundings Level 7 Explain in detail how energy is transferred by conduction, convection and radiation linking ideas from particle model and energy i.e.. kinetic energy of particles