Obviously there is negative, as well as below freezing, but does no temperature apply?
2007-03-09 08:12:14 · 14 answers · asked by gogopenguinz 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
There is always temperature. Temperature is a representative scale of measure that is arbitrarily created so people can relate to it and use it for other calculations. There cannot be an absence of temperature.
2007-03-09 08:20:43 · answer #1 · answered by Christopher L 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi. No. The scales we use to measure have arbitrary points of reference. The Fahrenheit scale was originally based on a '0' obtained by mixing salt and water and the '100' was the temperature of the human body. Later the scale was refined so that water froze at 32 and boiled at 212. The body on this scale was about 98.6. A reading of '0' on a car thermometer just means that the temperature is about the same as salt and water mixed together. Hundreds of degrees to go until absolute zero. At THAT point there is very, very little temperature. Hope this helps.
2007-03-09 16:16:06 · answer #2 · answered by Cirric 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What? No. The temperature would be "0". It isn't like math where zero is the absence of anything, the temperature is still there, it is just "0" degrees.
2007-03-09 16:16:16 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The temperature scales we use are just that, scales. There are 3 scales: Celsius, Fahrenheit, and Kelvin. We can use different ones because we just use a different point of reference. So, 0 in Fahrenheit is actually -17.8 in Celsius and 255.4 in Kelvin. The numbers do not really have any numerical value.
2007-03-10 00:16:03 · answer #4 · answered by monarenee 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Temperature is a given, there has to be a temperature. The closest to no temperature would be absolute zero. So cold nothing moves.
2007-03-09 16:17:11 · answer #5 · answered by Jack 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can say anything, but probalbly one of two things is true;
O F is darn cold 32 degrees below freezing
o C ain't great either, right at freezing
the other posiibility is that the thermometer isn't functioning
2007-03-09 16:20:04 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your car thermometer needs ajusted. And no it may think so but there is still a temperature out and around.
2007-03-09 16:17:20 · answer #7 · answered by hottymines 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Temperature= energy measurement.
Zero degrees fahrenheit is still thousands of degrees Kelvin, because there is still plenty of energy for atoms to bounce around at that level of heat energy.
So no, you cannot say that there is no temperature.
2007-03-09 16:20:26 · answer #8 · answered by starryeyed 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"No temperature" has no meaning! There's always a temperature be it 0 or 200 0r - 200.
2007-03-09 16:16:50 · answer #9 · answered by physicist 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If I recall my math, zero on your farenheight thermometer should register 491.? degrees below zero. 32 degrees celcius is zero but 32 degres farenheight. If your thermometer says zero, your thermometer is telling you that rigor mortis has set in.
2007-03-09 16:25:16 · answer #10 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋