Question

shelly tells a friend that her computer needs to be fixed because it has been producing a lot of heat and is smoking. where is the error in her statement? heat cannot be described as having been produced. thermal energy cannot be produced by electronics. her computer should be producing a lot of heat and does not need to be fixed. her computer is producing thermal energy, not heat.

Explanation:

Heat is the transfer of thermal energy. A computer generates thermal energy due to electrical - resistance and other processes within its components. It's incorrect to say it 'produces heat' as heat is only present during the transfer of thermal energy. So, the error is confusing thermal energy (which the computer has) with heat (the transfer of that energy).

Answer:

Her computer is producing thermal energy, not heat.