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Fahrenheit is how humans feel temperature,
Fahrenheit is how humans feel temperature,
Celsius is how water feels temperature,
Celsius is how water feels temperature,
Kelvin is how atoms & molecules feel temperature.
Kelvin is how atoms & molecules feel temperature.
What is temperature and how is it measured?
What is temperature and how is it measured?
The temperature of a substance as the average kinetic energy of all the atoms or molecules of that substance. Not all of the particles of a substance have the same kinetic energy.
Open the Thermometer - JavaLab
Move the eye so that the thermometer is reading a low temperature
Compare the motion of the particles in the thermometer and the particles in the water sample.
Increase the temperature and again compare the motion of the particles. What observations did you make and what do you think they mean?
A thermometer an instrument for measuring and indicating temperature, typically one consisting of a narrow, hermetically sealed glass tube marked with graduations and having at one end a bulb containing mercury or alcohol that expands and contracts in the tube with heating and cooling.
Describe the properties and units of temperature.
Describe the properties and units of temperature.
Professor Goodstein tells the real story about the Fahrenheit temperature scale
Professor Goodstein tells the real story about the Fahrenheit temperature scale
clip - the real ferenheight story (4).wmvTemperature scales
Temperature scales
How hot? (estimating & converting temperatures)
How hot? (estimating & converting temperatures)
What is considered to be room temperature?
What is considered to be room temperature?
standard temperature
(68-77°F) ≈ 68 °F
What is the hottest day on record for Salisbury?,
What is the hottest day on record for Salisbury?,
According to weather.gov
106 °F (8/7/1918) & (7/21/1930)
What is the coldest day on record for Salisbury?,
What is the coldest day on record for Salisbury?,
According to weather.gov
-10 °F (1/11/1942)
Frozen over Chesapeake bay in the winter of 1977
What is the boiling point of water?
What is the boiling point of water?
212 °F
What is the freezing point of water?
What is the freezing point of water?
32 °F
What is the temperature of your blood?
What is the temperature of your blood?
98.6 °F
How hot is the surface of the Sun?
How hot is the surface of the Sun?
How hot is the interior of the Sun?
How hot is the interior of the Sun?
According to NASA
≈ 27 million °F
At what temperature does sea water freeze?
At what temperature does sea water freeze?
According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
≈ 28.4 °F
What is the temperature of a burning match?
What is the temperature of a burning match?
According to Reference.com
(1100-1500 °F) ≈ 1300 °F
How cold is dry ice?
How cold is dry ice?
-109.3 °F
How hot is the filament of a light bulb?
How hot is the filament of a light bulb?
≈ 4,600 °F
Color temperature
Color temperature
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