Temperature Physics - IGCSE
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- Q 1/9Score 0A student wants to measure the upper and lower fixed points on a Celcius scale thermometer. She has four beakers P, Q, R and S. Beaker P contains a mixture of ice and salt. Beaker Q contains a mixture of ice and water. Beaker R contains boiling salt solution. Beaker S contains boiling water. Which two beakers should she use to check the fixed points?29Q and SP and SQ and RP and R
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- Q1A student wants to measure the upper and lower fixed points on a Celcius scale thermometer. She has four beakers P, Q, R and S. Beaker P contains a mixture of ice and salt. Beaker Q contains a mixture of ice and water. Beaker R contains boiling salt solution. Beaker S contains boiling water. Which two beakers should she use to check the fixed points?Q and SP and SQ and RP and R60s
- Q2Which points are the fixed points of the liquid-in-glass thermometer shown?the beginning and end points of the column of liquidthe points marked 0°C and 100°Cthe beginning and end points of the thermometer scalethe top and bottom points of the thermometer bulb60s
- Q3A mercury thermometer with no scale is taped to a ruler as shown. When the thermometer is placed in steam, the mercury level rises to 22.0cm. When the thermometer is placed in pure melting ice, the mercury level falls to 2.0cm. Which temperature is shown by the mercury level in the diagram?40°C8°C30°C6°C120s
- Q4The diagram shows a liquid-in-glass thermometer. How can the thermometer be made more sensitive?increase the thickness of the glass in the glass bulbincrease the length of the tube and stemincrease the internal diameter of the tube containing the liquid threadincrease the internal volume of the glass bulb and the volume of the liquid60s
- Q5To mark a temperature scale on a thermometer, standard temperatures known as fixed points are needed. Which of these is a fixed point on the Celsius scale?room temperaturethe temperature of pure warm waterthe temperature of pure melting icethe temperature inside a freezer60s
- Q6The diagram shows a liquid-in-glass thermometer. Which two features both affect the sensitivity of the thermometer?mass of liquid and length of stemmass of liquid and diameter of liquid threadthickness of glass bulb and length of stemthickness of glass bulb and diameter of liquid thread120s
- Q7Which line in the table shows the relative expansion of the three states of matter from the most expansion to the least expansion?CBAD60s
- Q8What is meant by the fixed points of the scale of a liquid-in-glass thermometer?the highest and lowest temperatures that the thermometer can recordthe maximum and minimum depth to which the thermometer should be submerged in a liquidthe two agreed temperatures used for marking the temperature scalethe distance between one scale division and the next60s
- Q9The melting points of ethanol and mercury are shown. Which of these two liquids is / are suitable to use in a liquid-in-glass thermometer to measure temperatures of –50°C and –120°C?ethanol and mercurymercury onlyethanol onlyneither ethanol nor mercury.120s
