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Temperature is the result of the heating produced by the sun's radiation. At night, when the sun is not shining, the earth re-radiates that heat back into space and so cools down. You therefore have daytimes during which the temperature rises followed by nighttimes when it falls, only to start the cycle again with the next day. As a result temperature is periodic.
If temperature were linear it would either have to be steadily increasing or steadily decreasing or remain the same for ever.
In the fist case, we would soon fry up, in the second we'd freeze. The third possibility is no change in temperature ever!
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Is the relationship linear between density and temperature?
The relationship between density and temperature is linear. In a thermal expansion, density will decrease and temperature increases and vice versa.
How can you model data with a linear equation?
by figuring out the equation
What do an array and a stack have in common?
Both are linear data structures.
What is linear interpolation used for?
Linear interpolation is used as a method used in mathematics of constructing a curve that has the best fit to a series of points of data using linear polynomials.
What is the term linear expansivity?
It is defined as close in temperature of substance
