(English Medium) ICSE Class 9 - CISCE Question Bank Solutions for Physics

Explain the following:
Water is heated generally from below.

Explain the following:
Land becomes warmer than water during the day.

State three main characteristics of a thermometric substance.

Name a substance which is an insulator of heat.

Is it possible to boil water in a thin paper container? Explain with a reason.

What is the principle of the thermometer?

State the advantages and disadvantages of mercury and alcohol as thermometric liquids.

What is meant by the lower and upper fixed points of a thermometer?

Draw a neat and labeled diagram of a clinical thermometer

State one use of each of the following type of thermometer: 
Laboratory thermometer

State one use of each of the following type of thermometer: 
Clinical thermometer

State one use of each of the following type of thermometer: 
Six's maximum and minimum thermometer.

Convert the following temperature into Fahrenheit scale:
60⁰C

Convert the following temperature into Fahrenheit scale:
100⁰C

Convert the following temperature into Fahrenheit scale:
-40⁰C

Convert the following temperature into Fahrenheit scale:
85⁰C.

Convert the following temperature into Celsius scale:
104^oF

Convert the following temperature into Celsius scale:
95^oF

Convert the following temperature into Celsius scale:
113^oF