Unit 3 Topic 1-2

Also known as a thermograph because it records temperatures in some written form.

• infrared radiation

• recording thermometer

• thermocouple

• signal

Mechanical or electrical device for measuring temperature.

• signal

• thermocouple

• thermometer

• sensor

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Markings with numbers to indicate a precise temperature.

• infrared radiation

• thermometer

• scales

• crusts

Definition: heat

• potential energy

• thermal energy

• kinetic energy

• temperature

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-3

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Definition: a material which is affected by changes in some feature of the environment

• signal

• sensor

• adc

• thermometer

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-3

Definition: Made of two different metals twisted together. When heated a small electrical current is generated which turns switches on or off.

• thermistor

• signal

• thermocouple

• bimetallic strip

Definition: made of two different metals joined firmly together; when heated, one metal expands more than the other forcing the strip to coil and turn a switch on or off.

• bimetallic strip

• thermometer

• thermocouple

• temperature

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Definition: a pointer, light or other mechanism that uses the signal in some way

• infrared radiation

• thermocouple

• responder

• sensor

Definition: a relative measure of how hot or cold something is, measured on a scale

• temperature

• thermal energy

• convection

• pressure

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Definition: used by scientists for measuring temperatures in scientific experiments; starts at absolute zero

• Kelvin scale

• Scales

• Thermometer

• Celsius scale