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Which of the following is the definition of absolute temperature?

Question 1 of 27070

Which of the following is the definition of absolute temperature?

🔍 Key Concepts

• Absolute (thermodynamic) temperature scale and what its zero point represents • Difference between absolute scales (Kelvin, Rankine) and relative scales (Celsius, Fahrenheit) • The physical meaning of "all molecular motion stops"

💭 Think About

• Which option mentions a temperature reference that is based on a physical limit of nature, not on a man‑made arbitrary point? • Think about which everyday scales (Celsius, Fahrenheit) start at freezing points of substances, and which scales start at a point where no heat energy remains. • Among the answer choices, which description would apply equally well to both Kelvin and Rankine scales when describing their zero?

✅ Before You Answer

• Identify which choices are relative scales tied to water’s freezing point or historical conventions. • Recall that absolute zero is the temperature at which internal energy of an ideal gas would be minimal and molecular motion would theoretically cease. • Check whether the definition you choose would still be correct if you replaced the name of one temperature unit with another absolute unit (Kelvin vs Rankine).

Question 1 of 27070

Which of the following is the definition of absolute temperature?

Temperature measured with reference to the theoretical temperature at which all molecular motion stops.

Temperature measured with reference to 0 degrees Fahrenheit.

Temperature measured with reference to 0 degrees Celsius.

Temperature measured with reference to 273 degrees Rankine.

Question 1 / 2707066636eed28f7522a1c51dfb1

Question 1 of 2707066636eed28f7522a1c51dfb1

Which of the following is the definition of absolute temperature?

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Question 1 of 27070

Which of the following is the definition of absolute temperature?