Temperature

Question 1

Temperature

Answer 1

The temperature of a substance is a number which expresses its degree of hotness on some chosen level/ (NOT HEAT ENERGY)

Question 2

Heat

Answer 2

A form of energy measured in joules

Question 3

Thermal equilibrium

Answer 3

When the number of heat temperatures are the same for two bodies in contact there is no heat flow between the body’s

Question 4

Heat transfer

Answer 4

When two bodies are put in contact heat flows from the body of high temp to low

Question 5

Thermometric property

Answer 5

A physical property of a substance whose value varies continuously from its the degree of hotness of the body

Question 6

Rules for defining a temperature scale

Answer 6

Select a thermometric property
Select two fixed points
Divide the interval between the fixed points (called the fundamental interval) into equal sub intervals

Question 7

Calibrating a mercury thermometer to read temperature in the Celsius scale

Answer 7