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The vertical temperature gradient is expressed as _____. 

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Important Questions on Temperature and Its Measurement

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Convert 5° F to the Celsius scale.
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The range of a laboratory thermometer is from -10°C to _____.
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Give two precautions to be taken while reading a clinical thermometer.

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How is the size of a degree defined on a Fahrenheit scale?
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Write down the temperature of the lower fixed point, on the Fahrenheit scale.
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Give two similarities and two differences between a laboratory and a clinical thermometer.
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The temperature of a body rises by 1° C. What is the corresponding rise on the (a) Fahrenheit scale (b) Kelvin scale?
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A laboratory thermometer can be used to measure the body temperature of humans.
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What is the Fahrenheit scale of temperature?
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What is the usual temperature range of a laboratory thermometer?

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Draw a neat labelled diagram of a laboratory thermometer.
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Write down the body temperature of a healthy person.
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While taking the temperature of a liquid kept in a container, the bulb of the thermometer _____ (should/ should not) touch the wall of the container.
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The temperature rises by 18° F. What is the rise on the Celsius scale ?
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What are the various types of information usually carried by the daily weather report in a newspaper? 
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The range of a clinical thermometer is from 35 ℃ to _____.
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Name the temperature scale on which the laboratory thermometer is based.
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What is the temperature of the body of a normal healthy person?
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Name the thermometer used to measure the temperature of boiling water.
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Science>Physics>Temperature and Its Measurement>Measuring Temperature
Write down the temperature of upper fixed point, on the Fahrenheit scale.