Thermometers and Temperature Scales
Thermometers and Temperature Scales: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as, Thermometry, Temperature Scales, Generalized Temperature Scale in Terms of a Physical Quantity & Liquid Thermometers etc.
Important Questions on Thermometers and Temperature Scales
The freezing and boiling temperatures of water at standard atmospheric pressure are commonly used as a generalised temperature scale in terms of a physical quantity.

Which of the following liquids is used in liquid thermometer?

Name any two liquids used in liquid in glass thermometer.

A liquid thermometer uses the property of _____ of liquids.

Explain the properties of liquid suitable for use in thermometer. Name two most commonly used thermometric liquids.

In which of the following pairs of temperature scales, the size of the degree is identical?

The temperature which has same numerical value on Celsius and Fahrenheit scale is:

The temperature/s at which Centigrade thermometer and Kelvin thermometer gives the same reading is,

Convert the temperature into Celsius.

The temperature of a steel rod is . Its temperature in is _____.

Convert the temperature into Fahrenheit.

Convert the temperature into Celsius.

A certain liquid has a melting point of and a boiling point of . A thermometer is designed with this liquid and its melting and boiling points are designated as and The melting and boiling points of water on this scale are

When a thermometer is taken from the melting ice to a warm liquid, the mercury level rises to of the distance between the lower fixed point and the upper fixed point . The temperature of liquid in Fahrenheit scale is:

When a thermometer is taken from the melting ice to a warm liquid, the mercury level rises to of the distance between the lower fixed point and the upper fixed point . The temperature of liquid is:

At , the pressure and volume of a gas theoretically reaches _____.

At _____, the pressure and volume of a gas theoretically reaches zero.


Convert to Fahrenheit .

Select the correct relation between temperature scale.
