Mercury Thermometer
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What are the advantages and disadvantages of using mercury in thermometer? [5 MARKS]
Which of the following is/are the reason(s) for using mercury in thermometers?
Mercury is opaque and shiny.
Mercury thermometer can measure a wide range of temperatures.
Mercury does not stick to glass and requires less heat to expand.
Mercury thermometers can measure temperatures as low as −100∘C
Who has invented modern mercury thermometer?
In a thermometer, the commonly used liquid is___________.
The lower fixed temperature in a celsius thermometer is the melting point of_______.
Mercury thermometers are increasingly being replaced by digital thermometers. Which of the following is/are a correct reason for this?
Mercury is toxic
Mercury is difficult to dispose of in case it leaks
Digital thermometers are always more accurate than mercury thermometers
Digital thermometers are easier to read than mercury thermometers
Why is copper favored over other metals for calorimeter construction?
- Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit
- Gregor Mendelev
- Galileo Galilei
- Gregorie Celsius
- Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion
- Both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion
- Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect
- Assertion is incorrect but Reason is correct
Mercury is used in thermometers to measure temperature because:
It changes color with temperature
It expands or contracts with temperature
It changes state with temperature
All of the above
Two mercury thermometers are constructed such that one has a spherical bulb and the other an elongated cylindrical bulb of same volume. Which will respond quickly to temperature changes?
Spherical bulb.
Elongated cylindrical bulb.
Both will respond equally.
- It is independent of the shape of the bulb.
- Mercury
- Silver
- Potassium
- Zinc
- False
- True
- Potassium
- Zinc
- Lead
- Mercury
Who invented the mercury thermometer?
- Gregorie Celsius
- Galileo Galilei
- Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit
- Gregor Mendelev
- It is a liquid metal.
- It expands or contracts with temperature.
- It is a non-metallic liquid.
- Mercury does not stick to glass walls.