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School Physics Quiz : Thermometers


Answer the following questions based on matter.

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1.

In the Six's maximum and minimum thermometer, the thermometric liquid is _______.

  Alcohol

  Mercury

 

2.

Alcohol expands more than mercury (for the same amount of heat supplied).

  True

  False

 

3.

A clinical thermometer may be used to measure a person's temperature.

  True

  False

 

4.

The thermometric fluid used by Galileo in his thermometer was

  Air

  Mercury

  Alcohol

  Half-n-half Clue
 

5.

_______ is used in a clinical thermometer.

  Mercury

  Alcohol

  Water

  Half-n-half Clue
 

6.

The space above the mercury column in a thermometer _______.

  is originally vacuum

  contains air

  contains water

  Half-n-half Clue
 

7.

After a thermometer has been used to record a patient's temperature, the mercury is prevented from returning to the bulb by the _______.

  constriction

  capillary tube

  steel indices

  Half-n-half Clue
 


 
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