Lesson 5:
Reading a Thermometer
| Contents |
Celsius or Fahrenheit? |
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Thermometer Practice |
| Practice 1 |
| Practice 2 |
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Near Time Thermometers |
Temperature is measured using two different scales: Celsius and Fahrenheit. Almost all the countries of the world use the Celsius scale. The United States is one of the only countries that use the Fahrenheit scale. The thermometers on this webpage will have both Celsius and Fahrenheit scales. Use the scale that your teacher has chosen.
Here we will practice reading a thermometer. Let’s see how well you can do.
Degrees
Celsius |
What temperature is this thermometer reading? |
| A) 5° Celsius | |
| B) 21° Celsius | |
| C) 0° Celsius | |
| D) 25° Celsius |
Degrees
Celsius |
What temperature is this thermometer reading? |
| A) 0° Celsius | |
| B) 21° Celsius | |
| C) 2° Celsius | |
| D) 6° Celsius |
Below are three thermometers. Each thermometer gives the temperature for three different locations.
| La Paz, Mexico | San Diego County | Barrow, Alaska |
| La Paz, Mexico Celsius 0 , : A.M. |
San Diego County Celsius 0 , : A.M. |
Barrow, Alaska Celsius 0 , : A.M. |
With the class, or on your own, write down the temperatures for each place and write a sentence on how hot or cold you think it is. What kind of clothes would you wear? If you need help you can click below to see a picture from that part of the world.
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