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WorksheetsDESIGN OF THERMOMETERS
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Which of the following two properties of matter can be used to measure temperature?
Expansion
Voltage
Odor
Color
An advantage mercury has over alcohol when used in a thermometer is its
lower boiling point.
higher boiling point
lower freezing point
higher freezing point
An advantage alcohol has over mercury when used in a thermometer is its
lower boiling point.
higher boiling point
lower freezing point
higher freezing point
An advantage a laboratory thermometer has over a clinical thermometer is
a larger range.
a smaller range.
it has to remain in contact for the temperature to be read.
it needs to be jerked to be reset.
The purpose of the kink (constriction) in a clinical thermometer is
to send the liquid back down to the bulb.
to magnify the reading.
to take the temperature in a laboratory.
to stop the liquid from falling back down.
The reason a clinical thermometer is flicked is
to send the liquid back down to the bulb.
to magnify the reading.
to take the temperature in a laboratory.
to stop the liquid from falling back down.
The reason a clinical thermometer is pear-shaped is
to send the liquid back down to the bulb.
to magnify the reading.
to take the temperature in a laboratory.
to stop the liquid from falling back down.
The reason a clinical thermometer has a narrow range is because it is used
to measure the atmospheric temperature on rainy days in Belize.
to measure human body temperature which does not vary much.
to measure the temperature of brownies which always come out the same.
to measure room temperature which is always the same.
If thermometer X has a narrower bore compared to thermometer Y then thermometer X will
respond faster.
respond slower.
have greater precision.
have lesser precision.
If thermometer X has a thicker bulb wall compared to thermometer Y then thermometer X will
respond faster.
respond slower.
have greater precision.
have lesser precision.
