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Temperature & Heat: Temperature

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This flash card deck covers the main topics of temperature; measurement and thermometric properties. It is ideally used in conjunction with the note on temperature, and the mind map on temperature & heat.

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Resource summary

Question	Answer
Temperature	Measure of the hotness or coldness of a body
Standard unit of temperature	Kelvin (K)
More commonly used unit of temperature	Degree Celsius
Fixed points of Celsius scale	Melting point of pure ice and the boiling point of pure water
Fixed points of the Kelvin scale	Absolute zero and 0˚C
0 K = ? ºC	0 K = -273.15˚C
Thermometric Property	A physical property that changes measurably with temperature
Examples of thermometric properties	Length of liquid column; pressure of gas at constant volume; volume of gas at constant pressure; Emf of thermocouple; resistance; colour
Calibration curve	A graph of a thermometric property against temperature

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