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The most common temperature scale used in the world where water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees is called the ____ scale.
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Celsius
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Fahrenheit
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Pound
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Kelvin
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Celsius, also called centigrade, scale based on 0° for the freezing point of water and 100° for the boiling point of water.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Celsius scale (which replaced the slightly different centigrade scale) has the freezing point of water at 0 oC and the boiling point at 100 oC . Its unit is the degree Celsius oC.
Detailed explanation-3: -The temperature 0 K is commonly referred to as “absolute zero.” On the widely used Celsius temperature scale, water freezes at 0 °C and boils at about 100 °C. One Celsius degree is an interval of 1 K, and zero degrees Celsius is 273.15 K.
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