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 reads 15°C. What is this temperature in Kelvin?
A thermometer is placed in ice water and reads 0°C. What will it read if placed in boiling water at standard pressure?
A thermometer shows a reading of 98.6°F. What is this temperature in Celsius? (Round to one decimal place)
Convert 25°C to Kelvin.
Describe how to use a laboratory thermometer to measure the temperature of a liquid.
Explain why alcohol is sometimes used instead of mercury in thermometers.
Explain why it is important to shake a clinical thermometer before use.
Explain why thermometers should be read at eye level.
What is meant by 'absolute zero'?
What is temperature a measure of?
What is the function of the constriction in a clinical thermometer?
What is the main advantage of using a digital thermometer over a mercury thermometer?
What is the main difference between a clinical thermometer and a laboratory thermometer?
What is the SI unit of temperature?
Which property of mercury makes it suitable for use in thermometers?
Why should a clinical thermometer not be used to measure the temperature of boiling water?
A laboratory thermometer is used to measure the temperature of a solution. The thermometer reads 77°C. What is this temperature in Fahrenheit? (Round your answer to the nearest whole number.)
A student wants to measure the temperature of a hot metal rod without touching it. Which thermometer should they use and why?
A thermometer is placed in a mixture of ice and salt and reads -10°C. What is this temperature in Kelvin?
Describe one advantage and one disadvantage of using digital thermometers in scientific experiments.
