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When a thermometer is quickly dipped in hot water, it won't do anything. If you leave the thermometer in the hot water, the temperature shown will read higher. The temperature shown will not exceed the temperature of the water.
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Why didn't the thermometer reach 100 degrees when put in boiling water?
The thermometer may have not reached 100 degrees because it wasn't left in the water long enough. Another possible reason is that maybe the water wasn't hot enough. It also depends on what type of water was put into the pot cold or hot.
What to use to test hot water?
It depends on how hot I want it to be. If I want regular out-of-the-tap hot water, I stick my finger in it quickly and then shout and wave my hand about when it's actually hot. If I need boiling water to be a certain temperature, I measure the temperature with a candying thermometer.
What kills germs faster cold or hot water?
hot water
Is it better to wash clothes in hot or cold water?
Hot water.
How do you keep a can of hot water hot for 40min?
use insulation to keep the water hot for 40 minutes
If i use a thermometer what will be the temperature in the plastic cup with hot water?
That depends on how hot the water is in the cup. Use the thermometer to measure it and see.
What tool do you use to measure how hot water is?
A thermometer is used to measure the temperature of hot water.
What is used to find out how hot boiling water in science?
a thermometer
Why should not a hot thermometer be placed in ice water?
Because it will bust.
What instrument measures hot or cold air?
a thermometer
Why didn't the thermometer reach 100 degrees when put in boiling water?
The thermometer may have not reached 100 degrees because it wasn't left in the water long enough. Another possible reason is that maybe the water wasn't hot enough. It also depends on what type of water was put into the pot cold or hot.
What happens when a cold thermometer is kept in a hot tub of water?
the termometre gets warmer
Why does bulb of a clinical thermometer break when placed in very hot water?
becuse alla does it
How does the temperature of a tub of hot water as measured by a thermometer differ from the water's temperature before the measurement is made?
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How would you find the temperature of the water?
please study your lesson and listen to your teacher when she/he is teaching....dont chatwith your friend whille teaching so that you dont need to research understandddddddddddddddddd
What did they use before the flat iron was invented?
they dipped two wooden sticks in hot water and put it on their hair
What measures how cold or hot something is?
a Thermometer.
