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प्रश्न
Why do we jerk a clinical thermometer before we measure the body temperature?
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उत्तर
The jerk to the thermometer will allow the mercury level to flow into the bulb so that the mercury level is below the normal temperature.
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A thermometer is used to measure ______.
Match the following
| i. | Clinical thermometer | A form of energy |
| ii. | Normal temperature of human body | 100°C |
| iii. | Heat | 37°C |
| iv. | Boiling point of water | 0°C |
| v. | Melting point of water | Kink |
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Digital thermometers are mainly used to take body temperature.
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| 1. | Mercury | a. | Maximum minimum thermometer |
| 2. | Weather report | b. | -173.15 degree C |
| 3. | 32degree F | c. | Opaque and shining |
| 4. | 100 K | d. | 0 degree C |
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Name the principle which is used in a thermometer.
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