Kelvin
Unit of measurement
K
Unit of Measurement for Celsius
°C
What does kinetic mean?
Motion
This is a device used to tell temperature
Thermometer
What is colder?
0 K or 0 °C
0K
Who uses the Kelvin scale?
Scientists
Where is the Celsius scale used?
Nearly everywhere (except USA)
The average speed of the particles (how much energy they have) is always indicated by their ________.
Temperature
Thermal energy is often called _____.
Heat
When calibrating which scale did somebody use their wife's armpit as a high point 96 as a high?
Farenheit
What is the freezing point of water on the Kelvin scale?
273 K
Unit of Measurement for Farenheit
°F
All particles are always in ___________.
motion
a thermometer that uses electricity to measure temperature
Thermocouple
All particles in a ________ are bonded to one another
solid
What is absolute zero in °C?
-273°C
Where is the Farenheit scale used?
USA
When temperatures increase, the particles move _________.
faster
In this thermometer, different liquids inside another liquid container rise and fall as temperature change
Galileo thermometer
What scale is based off of the properties of water?
Celsiuis
Body temperature
310.15K
Temp. of boiling water (°C)
100°C
Energy cannot be __________ or __________. It can only be transferred from one type to another or passed from one object to another.
Created or Destroyed
Invented in 1878 by Samuel Pierpont Langley to measure radiation coming off of the moon by catching radiation from the moon and seeing how it changed the temperature of a heat sink (constant temperature item).
Infrared photograph
First type of thermometer invented was called a
Thermoscope