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 The Heat Meter

The Heat Meter
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     edHelper's suggested reading level:   grades 6 to 8
     Flesch-Kincaid grade level:   6.86

Vocabulary
     challenging words:    colored, alcohol, reading, heated, mercury, scales, fell, anders, expand, early, scientist, thermometer, measure, zero, common, part
     content words:    United States, Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Anders Celsius

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The Heat Meter
By Jody Williams 		  
1     Where are thermometers? They are outside. They are in kitchens. They are a part of furnaces and air conditioners. They are in ovens, refrigerators, and freezers. Thermometers are also in almost every medicine cabinet.
 
2     Many people know that thermometers measure temperature. Thermo means heat. Meter means to measure. Thermometers today come in all shapes, sizes, and kinds. A thermometer that most people are familiar with is a bulb thermometer. It is a glass tube. It has a glass bulb at the end. There is liquid inside. The liquid rises and falls with the temperature.

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