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TEMP
-MEASUREMENT OF KINETIC ENERGY IN A SUNSTANCE
-THE GREATER THE RATE OF VIBRATION/MOTION THE TEMP WILL INCREASE
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HEAT
-HEAT IS THE ENERGY TRANSFERED TO A SUBSTANCE IT CAN RAISE THE TEMP (KINETIC ENERGY) OR CHANGE THE STATE OF THE SUBSTANCE (POTENTIAL ENERGY) |
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THERMAL EXPANSION
-AS MOLECULES ARE HEATED THEY GAIN ENERGY THEREFORE MOVE FASTER
-THE FASTER THE MOLECULES ARE MOVING THE MORE ROOM THEY TAKE UP THEREFORE VOLUME INCREASE, THIS IS EXPANSION |
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VOLUME
- WHEN A SUBSTANCE IS HEATED IT EXPANDS, EXPECIALLY GAS
- THE RATE IN WHAT VOLUME INCREASES IS IN TO RELTAION TO TEMP
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THERMOMETER
- MADE FROM MATERIALS WHICH CHANGE THEIR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES WHEN HEATED
- THEY NEED CALIBRATIONS, THERE NEEDS TO BE A SCALE
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