Science Photo of the Day #692
Can you really tell the temperature by listening to the chirping of a cricket?
Marvelous! Yes, you can, if you know the right formula for the right species of cricket. Amos Dolbear developed an equasion, called Dolbear's law, for finding temperature from the chirps of the Snowy Tree Cricket, (Oecanthus fultoni). Fortunately, the same formula works almost as well for the Common Field Cricket shown here. To calculate it:
Take the number of chirps in one minute.
Subtract 40.
Divide by 4.
Add 50.
That will give you the temperature in degrees Fahrenheit.
For degrees Celsius, take the number of chirps in one minute, subtract 40, divide by 7, and then add 10.
We did that in school.I think
We did that in school.I think um yeah you can tell the temperature by listening to a chirping of a cricket.ES
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I don't think you can tell the temperature per say, just i think that crickets don't make a lot of noise when it's cold outside. They are looking for somewhere warm to burrow.
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