Thursday, April 15, 2010

Temperature


Temperture is the measure of the movement of molecules or atoms in a substance. If the tempurature (movement) is higher, the particles colide with each other more often, giving of more energy. There are four ways to measure temperature, Fahrenheit, Celsius, Kelvin, and Rankine. Rankine is not common, but it is basically a scale that starts at absolute zero, and one Rankine degree is one Fahrenheit degree. Here are some places and temperatures on each temperature scale: (http://funphysics.jpl.nasa.gov/adventures/temperature-game.html)

Fahrenheit, Celsius, Kelvin

Boiling point: 212, 100, 373
Death Valley: 134, 57, 324
Human Body: 98.6, 37, 310
Room Temp.: 68, 20, 293
Freezing Point: 32, 0, 273
Mars: -81, -63, 210
Antartica: -128, -89, 183
Saturn: -229, -145, 128
Space: -454.54, -270, 2.7
Super Fluid Helium: -455.76, -271, 2.17

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