Temperature And Thermometer
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 true/false questions, 5 fill in the blanks. You are to answer all the questions. There is 1 essay type question for extra points.
Questions and Answers
- 1.
- A.
How high or low something is
- B.
How hot or cold something is
- C.
How fast or slow something is
- D.
How the weather works
- 2.What is used to measure temperature?
- A.
A barometer
- B.
A thermometer
- C.
A gasometer
- D.
A seismometer
- 3.The following is a type of thermometer except:
- A.
Digital thermometer
- B.
Graphic thermometer
- C.
Computerized thermometer
- D.
Visual Thermometer
- 4.All of the following are temperature scales except:
- A.
Gabriel
- B.
Kelvin
- C.
Celsius
- D.
Fahrenheit
- 5.Water freezes at:
- A.
100 degrees Celsius
- B.
0 degrees Celsius
- C.
37 degree Celsius
- D.
20°C
- 6.Temperature is really a measure of how fast the atoms and molecules that make up a substance are moving.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 7.A digital thermometer shows the temperature on a scale or dial; an analog thermometer shows the temperature as a number.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 8.Kelvin is a measure of temperature that is abbreviated Kln.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 9.The degrees in Fahrenheit are smaller than those in Celsius.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 10.Water freezes at 0°C and boils at 100°C.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 11.Temperature is measured in many different scales, including __________, ___________ , and __________ scales.
- 12.The fahrenheit scale was developed by_____________________.
- 13.Normal human body temperature is ______________________? (answer in fahrenheit)
- 14.An analog thermometer shows the temperature on a__________________.
- 15.
- 16.Explain the difference between the three (3) different scales used to measure temperature.
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