the degree of hot or cold, temperature or the degree of hot or cold and the temperature.
I would think it is the degree of hot or cold and the temperature but also know that the correct response may just be temperature.
2007-02-04 06:50:59 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
The thermometer measures the heat, or energy, content. Everything is "hot" relative to absolute zero. Cold is relative, there is no "measurement of cold", only difference of energy below a given temperature or level of heat, which is arbitrary.
2007-02-04 06:56:00 · answer #1 · answered by Scythian1950 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Pressure. If you consider the insertion of a thermometer into an area of differing temperatures, you must consider that the colder an atmosphere, the more dense and vice versa for warm or hotter. Therefore, in the sense of a thermometer, it is measuring the pressure being exerted (besides the obvious temperature) because of the differences in pressure in atmosphere.
Imagine takin a thermometer underwater with you (scuba diving) what do you think would happen? The thermometer would rise rapidly as every 33 ft. of water weighs one atmosphere or 14.7 pounds per sq in............ may more info than needed, but hope it helps, Best, Dave
2007-02-04 07:05:52 · answer #2 · answered by david w 1 · 0⤊ 3⤋
it would be the temperature as temperatur is the degrees of hot or cold.
2007-02-04 06:53:23 · answer #3 · answered by 788 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
average kinetic energy?
2007-02-04 06:54:56 · answer #4 · answered by Pendejo 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋