Question

What do you understand by the term temperature ? Distinguish between laboratory and clinical thermometers.

Answer 1

Degree of hotness or coldness of an object is called its temperature.

Laboratory thermometer	Clinical thermometer
(i) It is used to measure temperatures for scientific purposes in a laboratory. (ii) The kink is not present. (iii) The lower fixed point is -$$10^\circ C$$ and upper fixed point is $$110^\circ C.$$	(i) It is used to measure temperature of the human body. (ii) a slight bend or kink is present near the bulb. (iii) The lower fixed point is $$35^\circ C$$ or $$95^\circ F$$ and the upper fixed point is $$42^\circ C$$ or $$108^\circ F.$$