Comparing Kelvin, Fahrenheit And Ceelsius

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Everything in the universe has one thing in common. Whether it be a piece of dust or the hubble space telescope, everything is made up of molecules. A molecule is a group of atoms bonded together and is basically the smallest fundamental unit of a chemical compound. When the temperature of these molecules heats up it creates kinetic energy which makes these molecules speed up and bounce against each other really fast. The temperature of a substance can be measured in one of three ways; Kelvin, Fahrenheit, or Celsius. Fahrenheit and Celsius are the most commonly used scales while Kelvin is used for scientific purposes.

Thermal energy however is the heat of a substance being transferred from one object to another through energy. Thermal energy

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