Question

Define thermometer.

Answer 1

1. Thermometer is an instrument that measures the temperature of a system quantitatively.
2. There are many types of thermometers available for example, liquid in glass thermometer, gas thermometer, resistance thermometer etc.
3. There is one set of thermometers that are used to measure body temperature while another set of thermometers to measure boiling point and freezing point during experiments. Here, there are two types of thermometers, namely, clinical thermometer and laboratory thermometer for that purpose.