Which of the following is used to measure the body temperature?
Clinical thermometer
Laboratory thermometer
Heater
None of these
Clinical thermometer has
Alcohol as liquid
A kink in its stem
water as liquid
Temperature is measured by measuring expansion on heating. Expansion in which of these is most commonly used?
Solid
Liquid
Gas
Our normal body temperature in 0C is
60
37oC
40
The boiling point of water on the Kelvin scale is
273 K
100 K
212 K
373 K
A clinical thermometer ranges from
20oC - 40oC
36oC - 52oC
94oC - 108oC
35oC - 43oC
Convection of heat takes place in
Only solids
Only liquids
Liquids and solids
Liquids and gases
A bimetallic strip is made of metals M1 and M2. On cooling through the same temperature, M1 contracts more than M2. When the strip is heated, it will
Bend towards M1
Bend towards M2
Not bend at all
Direction of bending cannot be predicted
Dark - coloured clothes keep the body warm because they are
Good absorber of heat
Bad absorber of heat
Neither good nor bad absorber of heat
Which of these will expand the most on heating?
Gold
Water
Mercury
Air