1-Measuring Matter (Intro and Temperature)

     For something to be classifying as matter, it must have mass and volume; and because of this, it has density and temperature. Otherwise, it is energy or dark matter. There are several technical ways to measure matter, but the three simplest are to find out the mass, volume and temperature of a sample. To get these, there are several different ways for each, as listed below. Direct measurement is when you only use one step to gain the mass or volume, while indirect measurement is the method of using more than one step, like measuring the mass of a liquid or gas; or the volume of a solid or gas.

    Temperature: If you wanted to know the overall heat or cold distribution in an object, you'd use temperature  to find out. A thermometer can measure heat using a scale (Fahrenheit, Celsius, and Kelvin), while thermal energy is the amount of units in an object (two different concepts). Fahrenheit is a non-metric temperature scale that evolved over time so that the freezing and boiling temperatures of water are whole numbers (0* and 100*). The Celsius temperature scale takes the difference between water's freezing and boiling point, and divided it into one hundred parts. Of course, it goes up and down past 0* and 100*, and “absolute zero” is -273.15. As for the Kelvin scale, it is based on absolute zero, and goes up from there. (absolute 0 is the point at which absolutely NO heat energy is found.) Below is an image of a thermometer.

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1-Intro/Temperature 2-Measuring Mass 3-Measuring Volume/Measuring Density