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School Physics Quiz : Thermometers


Answer the following questions based on matter.

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1.

The two dumbbell-shaped steel indices in the Six's maximum and minimum thermometer are pushed by the _______.

  Mercury

  Alcohol

 

2.

The thermometric fluid used by Galileo in his thermometer was

  Air

  Mercury

  Alcohol

  Half-n-half Clue
 

3.

The temperatures of boiling water and melting ice are typically used to calibrate thermometers.

  True

  False

 

4.

In the Six's maximum and minimum thermometer, the index closer to the _______ records the maximum temperature.

  partly-filled bulb

  completely-filled bulb

 

5.

The liquid present in the bulbs of the Six's maximum and minimum thermometer is _______.

  Alcohol

  Mercury

 

6.

Liquids that are used in thermometers are known as thermometric liquids.

  True

  False

 

7.

Since mercury needs very little heat to expand, it can easily record the temperature of a body.

  True

  False

 


 
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