Heat is thermal energy transferred from a warmer body to a colder one. Temperature is the measure of the amount of heat in a body. There are three main ways heat transfers between objects: conduction through direct contact, convection through the movement of fluids like liquids and gases, and radiation through electromagnetic waves without contact. Heat causes changes in materials like changes of state between solids, liquids and gases, and changes in volume through expansion and contraction as materials heat up and cool down.