Measurement of Temperature Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) PDF - 2

MCQ 6: The sensitivity of a thermometer refers to

1. how quickly the thermometer can register change in temperature
2. the amount of change in thermometric property for a unit change in temperature
3. the min and max temperatures that the thermometer can measure
4. None of the above

MCQ 7: Every temperature measuring instrument makes use of a physical property of a substance in order to measure temperature objectively, which physical property is used by Constant-volume gas thermometer?

1. Electromotive force
2. Volume of a fixed mass of liquid
3. resistance of a piece of metal
4. Pressure of a fixed mass of gas at constant volume

MCQ 8: While going through a heap of junk in her garage, Jackie found an uncalibrated mercury thermometer. After a few experiments, she succeeded in calibrating it. Her notes show that the ice point of the thermometer corresponds to 3 cm while the steam point corresponds to 30 cm of mercury. If Jackie's calculations are fine, then length = 10 cm would correspond to

1. 26 °C
2. 24 °C
3. 22 °C
4. 20 °C

MCQ 9: Temperature of core of earth is equal to 3727 °C. This temperature in Kelvins is equal to

1. 4000 K
2. 3727 K
3. 3454 K
4. None of the above

MCQ 10: Thermometer that is best suited for measuring rapidly changing temperatures is

1. Constant-volume gas thermometer
2. resistance thermometer
3. Thermocouple
4. Mercury-in-glass thermometer