Will mark ! melanie took two identical thermometers, one with its bulb painted black and the other with its bulb painted white. she kept a lighted lamp at equal distance from the two thermometers. which thermometer will show a higher temperature after an hour? thermometer with black bulb, because black reflects less heat than white thermometer with black bulb, because black absorbs less heat than white thermometer with white bulb, because black reflects more heat than white thermometer with white bulb, because black absorbs more heat than white

 Thermometer with black bulb, because black reflects less heat than white



You might have been told not to wear black in the summer because it gets hot or maybe that being in a darker colored car in the summer is worst than being in a lighter colored car because it gets hotter faster.

This is because black absorbs more heat (which is the same as reflecting less heat) than lighter colors, like white! We see black because it absorbs the wavelengths of the visible light spectrum and that energy turns into heat. We see white because the wavelengths are being reflected.