Temperature
Temperature: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as, Temperature and Thermometer etc.
Important Questions on Temperature
The SI unit of temperature is _____.
Mercury is a metal which is liquid at room temperature. Its melting point is . The freezing point of alcohol is . How much warmer is the melting point of mercury than freezing point of alcohol?
The lowest temperature at which a substance catches fire is called its_____.
(i) What are Heat and Temperature?
(ii) State the differences between Heat and Temperature.
(iii) What is thermometer?
(iv) Why do we use mercury or alcohol as thermometer liquids?
(i) Temperature of Gangtok (Sikkim) is and in Visakhapatnam (AP) is which of them has greater temperature?
(ii) What is the difference between the temperatures of these two places?
(iii) Draw a laboratory thermometer diagram and label its parts.
(i) What is a clinical thermometer?
(ii) What is a laboratory thermometer?
(iii) State the similarities and differences between laboratory thermometers and medical thermometers.
A saucepan contains water at . If is put on a hot plate at find difference in temperature between the saucepan and the hot plate. Why would heat energy be transferred twice as quickly if the hot plate were at ?
A temperature at which liquid changes into vapour is known as boiling point.
What is the measure of average kinetic energy of molecules?
What is the ‘Lower Fixed Point’ of the Fahrenheit scale?
Write the unit in words for the following symbol: .
What is the degree of hotness and coldness of a body called?
(Choose from the following: Humidity/Temperature)
What is the ‘Lower Fixed Point’ of the Fahrenheit scale? (Answer in numbers).
In thermometers, the freezing point of water is taken as the upper fixed point.
Degree of hotness or coldness of an object is called _____.
The SI unit of temperature is :
In Fahrenheit scale, the lowest fixed point is taken as _____.
Thermometers are filled with a metal called _____.
Write the symbol for the following unit: Degree Celsius
