Question

Rank the size of a change in temperature of one degree Fahrenheit, one degree Celsius, and one Kelvin. In other words, if a thermometer were to show that the temperature outside increased by these amounts, Which change would feel the largest? If any of the options are the same magnitude, stack them above one another and rank the sizes of one degree in each scale from largest to smallest.

Answer 1

A change of 1 ° C is equal to 1 K.
F = 1.8 C + 32°;
For example:
t 1 = 0° = 32° F
t 2 = 1  = 33.8° F  ( t 2 - t 1 = 1.8° F ).
Increase of 1° Celsius and 1 Kelvin would feel larger than 1° Fahrenheit. 
Rank is:
1. Celsius and Kelvin
2. Fahrenheit

Answer 2

Considering the 3 temperature scales given, Celsius, Fahrenheit, and Kelvin, a unit change in temperature which would "feel" the largest, ranked from largest to smallest would be Kelvin or Celsius, and Fahrenheit.

Further explanation

Temperature is a property of matter which tells us, more or less, how hot is something. In more technical terms, it represents a measure of the movement of the electrons of the atoms of a material (hotter bodies will have faster electrons). The way in which temperature is measured, is something that dates back a couple of centuries.

In today's world, we have mainly 3 temperature scales, which are the ones mentioned in this problem (however they were many more in the past). Let's take a look at them:

• The most commonly used temperature scale is the Celsius, which takes as reference the freezing and boiling points of water (at standard pressure), and separates them by a 100 steps.
• The Kelvin scale was developed by Lord Kelvin when he was studying the behaviour of ideal gases, and found that all temperatures in the Universe should be higher than -273.15 ºC (this is what he called absolute zero). It is to be noted that a change of 1 Celsius is exactly equal to that of 1 Kelvin.
• The Fahrenheit scale (which is almost completely used only in the US), is peculiar in the sense that there is little theoretical knowledge as how it was derived, or what reference Fahrenheit used to define it. It has been shown that there is a correlation between Fahrenheit and Celsius scale of the following shape:

$F = 1.8 \cdot C +32$

The above tells us that a unit increment on a Celsius degree is equivalent to a Fahrenheit increment of 1.8 degrees. This means that a 1 degree increment on a Celsius scale would feel largest than a 1 degree increment on a Fahrenheit scale.

As a conclusion, we have found that

$1 Kelvin = 1 Celsius \geq 1 Fahrenheit$

Learn more

• Converting Celsius to Fahrenheit: brainly.com/question/5121144
• How to add temperatures: brainly.com/question/7832553
• Relation between Kelvin temperature and density:brainly.com/question/2770456

Keywords

Kelvin, Fahrenheit, Celsius, Temperature