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Title: Help with Temperature Question
Post by: exocytosis646 on January 26, 2019, 02:16:11 PM
Temperature is NOT
     a) measured with a thermometer
     b) an indication of the transfer of energy
     c) a measure of how fast the particles are moving
     d) 273K at the freezing point.
Title: Re: Help with Temperature Question
Post by: chenbeier on January 26, 2019, 02:52:49 PM
What is the problem with this question. Which can only be the right answer.
Title: Re: Help with Temperature Question
Post by: exocytosis646 on January 26, 2019, 03:33:59 PM
Quote from: chenbeier on January 26, 2019, 02:52:49 PM
What is the problem with this question. Which can only be the right answer.

Still think the answer is b
Title: Re: Help with Temperature Question
Post by: chenbeier on January 26, 2019, 04:03:58 PM
Why b, what about d
Title: Re: Help with Temperature Question
Post by: zebjonk on January 28, 2019, 06:52:12 AM
Quote from: chenbeier on January 26, 2019, 04:03:58 PM
Why b, what about d
yeah, but maybe he didn't use the point 15, in that case d is true
Title: Re: Help with Temperature Question
Post by: Borek on January 28, 2019, 11:37:00 AM
Quote from: zebjonk on January 28, 2019, 06:52:12 AM
yeah, but maybe he didn't use the point 15, in that case d is true

Point 15 of what?
Title: Re: Help with Temperature Question
Post by: mjc123 on January 28, 2019, 01:14:36 PM
273.15K. But then it doesn't say freezing pint of what...
Title: Re: Help with Temperature Question
Post by: Borek on January 28, 2019, 03:56:07 PM
Ah, so obvious. Missed the point.
Title: Re: Help with Temperature Question
Post by: mjc123 on January 29, 2019, 04:37:20 AM
And the 15.