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5 Measuring Temperature

Objective

➜ ➜ Recognise that temperature is a measure of the average kinetic energy

of particles of matter. The relationship between the temperature and the
total energy of a system depends on the types, states and amounts of
matter present.

Vocabulary

• Average • Matter • Temperature

• Heat energy • Particle • Thermometer
• Joule • Specific heat capacity • Transfer
• Kinetic energy • State • Vibrate

• Mass

Let’s Start

What does temperature measure?

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