He inenga o te mātao, o te wera rānei o tētahi mea. Ko te āwhata Celsius (C) te āwhata e tino whakamahia ana puta noa i te ao. Ko te 0°(C) te pae rewa o te tio, ko te 100°(C) te pae koropupū o te wai. Ko te āwhata Kelvin (K) tētahi atu āwhata e whakamahia ana e ngā mātanga pūtaiao. Ka tīmata te āwhata nei i te 0°K, e rite ana ki te −273°C, piki haere ai ki ngā wera tino kino rawa atu.
A measure of how cold or hot an object is. The Celsius scale is in general use throughout the world to measure temperature. The melting point of ice is zero degrees Celsius, and the boiling point of water is 100 degrees. Scientists also use the Kelvin scale to measure temperature. This scale starts at 0°K which corresponds with −273°C, and climbs to extremely high temperatures.
pae (paepae) - threshold
mahana - warm
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