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RED ALERT - DETECTION

In a fire the safest place in the room is always close to the floor ACTIVITY
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In a typical fire situation, the temperature at floor
level is around 20°C whilst at 1.5 metres from floor Can you spot the following
level the temperature soars to 120°C. words connected with temperature

If an adult stands upright in the smoke of a burning in the grid below?
house, the temperature of the air around his face will Heat Freezing
be 20°C higher than the boiling point of water. You Degree Hot
know how painful it is to suffer from sunburn - imagine Celsius Cold
the pain caused by temperatures four times that.
Fahrenheit Temperature

Boiling
If you are ever caught in a fire - stay as low
as possible and make sure that everyone

else does too! AH E A T A B U O Y T Q W E R A
1. Which part of a radiator gets hot first? SG H G N I Z E E R F S N B H S
2. Where does the steam from a saucepan go? WE Z X V B N K L O P I T O M W

QC E L S I U S Q A Z M T I Q U
DO M K L O P B O L I Q M X P W

E L L Y U O Q E R T U I N B V G
GD E T E M P E R A T U R E Z N

RA S D F G H J K H L M B V X I
EU E R N B V C X J K L P O Y L

E I Y E F A H R E N H E I T Z I
OB J P ME AN M Q W R T U P O

PX V N R W C G U P E Y I L B B
ANSWERS: 1. THE TOP , 2. UPWARDS

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