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Celsius Scale
Name: Katelyn
Status: student
Age: 13
Location: N/A
Country: N/A
Date: 2000-2001
Question:
Why do scientists use Celsius scale in their work?
Replies:
Katelyn,
Celcius is part of the scientific set of units. It also has a convenient, metric-like range of 0-100, 0 for the freezing point of water and 100 for the boiling point of water. Did you know that -40 degrees F is the same temperature as -40 degrees C ? Isn't that cool (a slight pun there)?
David Cook
Scientists use the Centigrade or Celsius scale because it is a convenient
standard for the measurement of temperature. It uses the freezing and
boiling point of water as baselines, with the freezing point of water set at
"zero" degrees, and the boiling point set at 100 degrees.
Other scales could easily be used, but a standard is necessary in conducting
experiments and communicating the results. The Celsius scale has been agreed
to as being the commonly accepted standard by scientific bodies around the
world.
Wendell Bechtold, Meteorologist Forecaster,
National Weather Service
Weather Forecast Office, St. Louis, MO
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