Heat and temperature________________________________________________________________6. Heat transfer. ConductionHeat can be transferred from one body to another in three different ways: conduction, convection and radiation.CONDUCTIONConduction is the transfer of thermal energy between particles of matter that are touching. Thermal energy is the total kinetic energy of moving particles of matter, and the transfer of thermal energy is called heat. Conduction is one of three ways that thermal energy can be transferred (the other ways are convection and thermal radiation). Thermal energy is always transferred from matter with a higher temperature to matter with a lower temperature.