Temperature
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the missing letters on the lines to finish each word.
1.
g
s
A position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality (plural)
2.
e
a
t
How hot or cold something is
3.
i
u
Swedish astronomer who devised the centigrade thermometer
5.
e
n
p
o
The temperature below which a liquid turns into a solid
6.
n
i
t
German physicist who invented the mercury thermometer and developed the scale of temperature
7.
t
g
The process of becoming warmer
8.
r
e
e
Measuring instrument for measuring temperature
9.
r
r
The smallest planet and the nearest to the sun
10.
l
v
The basic unit of thermodynamic temperature adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
11.
a
l
A unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram (plural)
12.
l
A unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through
13.
l
n
The process of becoming cooler
14.
f
s
The state of being combined into one body
15.
p
u
Force pushing on something