Temperature(group 7)post one:)

Thermometer with Fahrenheit units on the outer scale and Celsius units on the inner scale

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit

A Wrong Idea
Often the concepts of heat and temperature are thought to be the same, but they are not.
Perhaps the reason the two are usually and incorrectly thought to be the same is because as human beings on Earth everyday experience leads us to notice that when you heat something up, say like putting a pot of water on the stove, then the temperature of that something goes up. More heat, more temperature - they must be the same, right? Turns out, though, this is not true.
Initial Definitions
Temperature is a number that is related to the average kinetic energy of the molecules of a substance. If temperature is measured in Kelvin degrees, then this number is directly proportional to the average kinetic energy of the molecules.
Heat is a measurement of the total energy in a substance. That total energy is made up of not only of the kinetic energies of the molecules of the substance, but total energy is also made up of the potential energies of the molecules. Temperature measure of the relative warmth or coolness of an object. Temperature is measured by means of a thermometer or other instrument having a scale calibrated in units called degrees. The size of a degree depends on the particular temperature scale being used. A temperature scale is determined by choosing two reference temperatures and dividing the temperature difference between these two points into a certain number of degrees. The two reference temperatures used for most common scales are the melting point of ice and the boiling point of water



"temperature." The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2008. Retrieved February 26, 2010 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-temperat.html



UNITS OF TEMPERATURE


Kelvin (symbol: K) is the SI unit of temperature,and is one of the seven SI base units. The Celsius temperature scale is now defined in terms of the Kelvin, with 0 °C corresponding to 273.15 Kelvins, approximately the melting point of water under ordinary conditions SI unit of temperature, and is one of the seven SI base units.The Kelvin scale and the kelvin are named after the Belfast-born physicist and engineer William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin (1824–1907), who wrote of the need for an "absolute thermometric scale
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelvin

Celsius (also historically known as centigrade) is a temperature scale that is named after the Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius (1701–1744), who developed a similar temperature scale two years before his death. The degree Celsius (°C) can refer to a specific temperature on the Celsius scale as well as a unit to indicate a temperature interval (a difference between two temperatures or an uncertainty).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celsius

Fahrenheit is the temperature scale proposed in 1724 by, and named after, the physicist Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686–1736). Today, the temperature scale has been replaced by the Celsius scale in most countries. It is still in use in the United States and a few other nations, such as Belize.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit
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