Temperature and Thermometers
Physics ⇒ Heat and Thermodynamics
Temperature and Thermometers starts at 7 and continues till grade 12.
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A laboratory thermometer has a least count of 1°C. If the mercury level is between 37°C and 38°C, what is the uncertainty in the reading?
Convert 25°C to Kelvin.
Describe the main difference between a laboratory thermometer and a clinical thermometer.
Explain why alcohol is sometimes used instead of mercury in thermometers.
Explain why thermometers should not be placed in direct sunlight when measuring air temperature.
If a thermometer reads 98.6°F, what is the temperature in Celsius? (Use the formula: °C = (°F - 32) × 5/9)
If the temperature of a gas is increased from 300 K to 600 K, by what factor does the average kinetic energy of its molecules increase?
The lower fixed point on the Celsius scale is defined as the temperature at which ________.
What is temperature a measure of?
What is the main advantage of using a digital thermometer over a mercury thermometer?
What is the physical meaning of absolute zero?
What is the SI unit of temperature?
Which thermometer is best suited for measuring the temperature of a human body?
