Question

Degree Celsius was invented by Anders Celsius and is the standard unit to measure _____________.

• A. temperature.
• B. volume.
• C. height.
• D. none of these.

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

temperature.

Degree Celsius is the standard unit to measure temperature. It was developed by Swedish astronomer Andres Celsius in 1742. In degree Celsius, zero degrees represents the freezing point of water and 100 degrees represents water’s boiling point at the standard atmosphere. The standard atmosphere is the mean barometric pressure at the mean sea level.