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Temperature vs. Kinetic Energy

By Janice VanCleave

Thermometers in Water

TEMPERATURE Temperature measures how hot or cold a material is. Hot materials have a higher temperature than cold materials. In the Diagram: The contents of container A has a lower temperature than the contents of container B. I know this because the temperature reading on the thermometer in container A is lower than is the […]

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