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PES Skill Sheets.book - Capital High School

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1. Surface temperatures on the planet Mars range from –89 °C to –31 °C. Express this temperature<br />

range in Kelvin.<br />

2. The average surface temperature on Jupiter is about 165K. Express this temperature in degrees Celsius.<br />

3. The average surface temperature on Saturn is 134K. Express this temperature in degrees Celsius.<br />

4. The average surface temperature on the dwarf planet Pluto is 50K. Express this temperature in degrees<br />

Celsius.<br />

5. The Sun has several regions. The apparent surface that we can see from a distance is called the photosphere.<br />

Temperatures of the photosphere range from 5,000 °C to 8,000 °C. Express this temperature range in<br />

Kelvin.<br />

6. The chromosphere is a hot layer of plasma just above the photosphere. Chromosphere temperatures can<br />

reach 10,000 °C. Express this temperature in Kelvin.<br />

7. The outermost layer of the Sun’s atmosphere is called the corona. Its temperatures can reach over<br />

1,000,000 °C. Express this temperature in Kelvin.<br />

8. Nuclear fusion takes place in the center, or core, of the Sun. Temperatures there can reach 15,000,000 °C.<br />

Express this temperature in Kelvin.<br />

9. Challenge! Surface temperatures on Mercury can reach 660 °F. Express this temperature in Kelvin.<br />

10. Challenge! Surface temperatures on Venus, the hottest planet in our solar system, can reach 755K. Express<br />

this temperature in degrees Fahrenheit.<br />

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