
What is the Rankine scale used for?
Important Questions on Heat




What will you use to measure temperature?
Hint: Its starts with letter T.





Which instrument is used to measure the following?
(Thermometer / stop watch / beaker / measuring tape / weighing machine)
The temperature of a person _____.

Write the quadrants in which the following points lie:






The Kelvin scale gives a natural measure of the kinetic energy of a gas, and is independent of physical properties, whereas the artificial Celsius scale is based on the physical properties of water. The Celsius scale is defined about an arbitrary zero point and hence negative values occur. Are physical properties such as temperature invented or discovered? Could Anders Celsius, the Swedish astronomer credited with the Celsius Scale, have chosen the melting and boiling points of another substance other than water to devise the artificial Celsius scale?


Which instrument is used to measure each of these?
The temperature of a person _____.


