Measuring Heat and Types of Thermometers

What is Measuring Heat?

• Using a thermometer to see how hot or cold an object or substance is.

• Using different types of thermometers and pyrometers to see how much energy is moving around it that thing.

• Using calories. One calorie is the amount of energy required to raise one gram of water one degree Celsius.

• Using Celsius and Fahrenheit to see how much energy is moving around something. Is that object hot or cold?

What are the three main scales of measuring heat?

• Kelvin

• Celsius

• Mercury

• Fahrenheit

We can measure temperature using a...

• Microwave

• Thermometer

• Person

• Oven

What is 1 other common heat measurement instrument?

• Pyrometer

• Oral Thermometer

• A stick with mercury

• Tyrometer

TRUE or FALSE: Heat and Temperature are the same thing.

• True

• False

Heat is?

• The amount of matter in an object

• moving particles that change objects cold

• The average

• The movement of thermal energy in an object

TRUE or FALSE: there are over 8 different types of thermometers mentioned in the slide show.

• False

• True

Mass is?

• The amount of matter in an object

• Increased kinetic energy

• Stored energy

• The amount of space something takes up

Is the term; Measuring Heat; what most scientists prefer to use?

• No

• Yes

What are 2 things thermometers are used for?

• For medical and scientific uses

• For making pens

• For helping make paper

• Determining weather