What Is Temperature?
How hot or cold something is. In the air, it reflects how fast the air molecules are moving. In technical terms: A measure of the mean kinetic energy of molecular motion; surface air temperature is measured about 1.5-2 m above ground in a ventilated radiation shield and reported in degrees Celsius, degrees Fahrenheit, or kelvins.
Temperature In Plain English
How hot or cold something is. In the air, it reflects how fast the air molecules are moving.
The Technical Definition
A measure of the mean kinetic energy of molecular motion; surface air temperature is measured about 1.5-2 m above ground in a ventilated radiation shield and reported in degrees Celsius, degrees Fahrenheit, or kelvins.
Lessons That Use Temperature
- Temperature And How Heat Moves Unit 1: The Atmosphere
