ACTIVITY 1: TEMPERATURE SCALE CONVERSION

NAME: ______________________________________ SECTION: __________________________

 A temperature scale is a way to measure temperature relative to a starting point (0 or zero) and a unit of
measurement.
 There are 4 temperature scales Celsius, Kelvin, Fahrenheit, and Rankine
-Celsius, °C-metric temperature scale
-Fahrenheit, °F- customary (English) temperature scale
-Kelvin, K-metric absolute zero temperature scale
-Rankine, R- English absolute temperature scale
Comparing Temperature Scales (All temperatures listed are for water)
Freezing = 0°C = 273 K = 32°F
Boiling = 100°C = 373 K = 212°F

Conversions between scales

°F = 9/5°C + 32 = 1.8 x °C + 32
°C = 5/9 (°F – 32) = 0.56 (°F-32)
K = °C + 273 or °C = K – 273
Convert the following temperature scale. Answer should be two decimal places.
(Use colored marker for your answer, except color red)

a. 118 °F °C

b. 212 °F °C

c. 26 °C K

d. 9 °C °F

e. -12 °C °F

f. 145 °F °C

g. 90 °F °C

h. -50 °C K

i. -200 °F °C

j. 75 °C K

k. 200 K °C

l. -268 °C K

m. 405 °F °C

n. 112 K °C

o. -24 °C °F

II. Solve the following: GRESA

 1. A nurse gets the temperature of a child using a mercury thermometer. The thermometer
reads 40 °C. What is the temperature in Fahrenheit scale?

2. Hydrochloric acid has a boiling point of -84 °C. What is the temperature in Fahrenheit
scale? In Kelvin scale?

3. Tungsten, a material used as filaments in electric incandescent bulbs, has a melting point
0f 6152 °F. What is the temperature in degrees Celsius?

4. What is the reading of a thermometer in Celsius scale when the temperature of the air
around us is 80 °F? What is the temperature in the Kelvin Scale?

III. Answer Briefly

1. How is the motion of particles within a substance related to the thermal energy of the
substance?

2. Why are there no negative temperatures on the Kelvin scale?

3. At what temperature degrees celsius and fahrenheit reading be the same? Explain our
answer.