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Temperature
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The temperature of the air greatly affects the weather
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Vocabulary:
temperature
A measure of how hot or cold something is
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Energy from the sun travels through the atmosphere to
Earth
About half of the sun’s energy hits the surface of Earth
Some of the energy warms Earth’s surface
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Part of the sun’s energy is reflected by clouds and dust in
the air
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Heat from Earth’s surface warms the atmosphere around
it
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Temperature is measured in degrees using a thermometer
Vocabulary:
degrees
A unit for measuring temperature
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The higher the number of degrees
the warmer the atmosphere
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Two scales of degrees are used on thermometers to measure
temperature
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One is the Celsius scale
Based on 00 as melting pointand
1000 as boiling point
Anders Celsius
The other is the Fahrenheit scale
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Gabriel Fahrenheit
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On a very hot day, the temperature
may reach close to 100 degrees Fahrenheit
This would be about 38 degrees Celsius
This would be 0 degrees Celsius13
Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit
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Average room temperature is 72 degrees Fahrenheit
C = (F - 32) · 5/9
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So 72 degrees can also be written as 720
In place of the word “degree”, you can draw a small circle