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Why would an ordinary thermometers how a low temperature in the theremosphere?

An ordinary thermometer measures temperature based on the behavior of a liquid or gas within it, which relies on the presence of matter. In the thermosphere, although temperatures can reach extremely high levels due to solar radiation, the density of air is so low that there are very few air molecules to transfer heat. As a result, a thermometer placed in the thermosphere would register a low temperature because it is not in contact with enough particles to effectively measure the thermal energy present.


What is the thermosphere's job in the atmosphere and what would happen if there was no thermosphere?

Thermosphere shields us from radiation that the sun emits. That is its main job. It serves as a protective shield against the x-ray and UV radiation being emitted by the sun and keeps earth's temperature in which living things can survive. Without it, the earth will be destroyed by radiation heat.


Is the thermometer reading the temperature of the vacuum at the Moon's surface?

No. The thermometer measures the temperature of mass or material. Concerning the moon, a thermometer could measure the temperature of dust or rock on the surface. If it were not in contact with the surface, and the sun shone on it, the thermometer would read the temperature to which the sun heated it. If it were shielded from the sun, then the thermometer would read the temperature of space ... about 3 K, or darn near absolute zero.


Which thermometr will you take when you go to south expedition mercury or alchol?

An Alcohol thermometer would be the best as it is more sensitive than the mercury thermometer.


Why would ethanol cool a thermometer down?

because it has extracts of nettles

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Why would an ordinary thermometer show a low temperature in the thermosphere?

Individual molecules of gas might be very hot, but there are too few of them to affect a thermometer much. Then the energy lost through black body radiation is more than the energy gained from the few molecules around it, making the thermometer temperature decrease until the lower equilibrium temperature is reached.


Why would an ordinary thermometers how a low temperature in the theremosphere?

An ordinary thermometer measures temperature based on the behavior of a liquid or gas within it, which relies on the presence of matter. In the thermosphere, although temperatures can reach extremely high levels due to solar radiation, the density of air is so low that there are very few air molecules to transfer heat. As a result, a thermometer placed in the thermosphere would register a low temperature because it is not in contact with enough particles to effectively measure the thermal energy present.


Why does the thermosphere have not much heat?

Because the particles in the thermosphere are very spaced out. A normal thermometer would even measure it below zero, but it has a very high temperature.


Why would a thermometer show a low temperature in the thermosphere?

A thermometer may show a low temperature in the thermosphere because the density of particles is so low that it cannot effectively transfer heat to the thermometer. The thermosphere is highly influenced by solar activity, leading to high temperatures despite the low density of particles.


Why is the temperature in the thermosphere not measured with a thermometer?

If a thermometer were placed in the thermosphere, it would register far below 0 degrees C! This may seem strange since the thermospher is so hot.(see answer to "what is one characteristic of each layer of the earth") How can this be explained? Temperatureis a measurement of how fast particles in the air move. The faster the air particles move the higher the temperature. And the particles present in the thermosphere are moving very fast. THerefore the particles themselves are very hot. But these particles are vry few and very far apart. There are not enough of them present to bombard a thermometer and warm it. So the thermometer would re3cord a temperature far below 0 degrees C.


What does prefix thermo in thermosphere mean?

The prefix "thermo" in thermosphere refers to heat or temperature. The thermosphere is the layer of the Earth's atmosphere where temperatures increase with altitude due to the absorption of solar radiation.


Why the thermosphere has a very high temperature?

The thermosphere has high temperatures because it absorbs intense solar radiation due to its position in the atmosphere, causing the molecules to heat up. However, despite the high temperature, the thermosphere is not hot in the conventional sense as the density of the particles is very low, so a thermometer would not register the temperature as high as it feels.


How can the thermosphere have high temperature but not be hot?

The thermosphere has high temperature because the few molecules present can absorb high-energy solar radiation. However, since there are so few molecules, the heat energy is not readily transferred to a thermometer, so it would not feel hot to us.


Why would you not feel warm in the thermosphere even though temperature can be up to 1800?

The temperature referred to as 1800, is the motion energyof the particles there.If you held a thermometer up, it would NOT register that 1800 temperature.At 1800 oC a human would be vaporised.


What if the thermosphere disappeared?

If the thermosphere was gone, there would be major heat waves and we would have a lack of oxygen. In other words: we would die.


What is the function of constriction in clinical thermometer?

In case of ordinary thermometer if the thermometer is taken out the body whose temperature has been seen, the Mercury would fall down as the bulb gets cooled. But in case of clinical thermometer even after the thermometer has been taken out of the mouth of the patient the level of mercury would be held at the same level though the bulb falls to the room temperature. So doctor could see the temperature liesurely. To bring back the mercury to lowest level we have to give jerks to the thermometer by shaking it.


Why is it necessary to use special instruments to measure the temperature of the atmosphere in the thermosphere layer?

The thermosphere is the last layer of the atmosphere. Special instruments are needed to measure its temperature because there are very few particles in the thermosphere that would strike a conventional thermometer to heat it.