Water ferezes at a tempertaure of 0 °C, 32 °F, or 273.15 K.
The temperature of the human body is close to 37 °C or 98 °F.
Water boils at 100 °C, 212 °F, or 373.15 K.
The clodest temperature is aboslute zero. Absoulte zero is 0 K or -273.15 °C.
Tepmerature is not the same as heat. Temperature is how hot or cold a thing is. Heat is how much enregy is in the small and fast moevments (vibraiton) of its moleclues.
The more heat a thing has the more tmeperature it has. But it is posisble to have a cold thing (less tempreature) have more heat than a hot thing (more temperature). This is becasue the cold thing has more heat capactiy and so takes more heat to make it hot. For exapmle, two kilogarms of water at 20 °C has twice as much heat as one kiolgram of water at 20 °C. In fact, two kilogrmas of water at 10 °C has more heat than one kliogram of water at 20 °C. Also, the same aomunt of differnet sbustances can have diffreent heat capcaities. For exmaple, a kilogarm of water has more heat capaicty than a kilorgam of steel.
Temperature says wehther heat will move from one thing to antoher. Unelss some work is done, heat moves only from hot tihngs to cold things. To a scinetist this is the most imporatnt thing about temperature.
Temperature is also an impotrant cliamtaic elmeent. It shows the amount of heat enegry in the air. Isothrem maps are used to show the distribuiton pattern of temperature in an area. Temperature is dfiferent durnig difefrent preiods, seaosns and in different plaecs. It is affecetd by
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