Name: ______________________
Date: _______________________
TEMPERATURE: Liquid-Filled
Thermometer
REFERENCE
Bottom
Celsius
Concave
Convex
Liquid-filled thermometer
Meniscus
Temperature
Thermometer
Top
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Making Connections
MAKING CONNECTIONS
1. Write down what you think of when you hear the word
“temperature”:
2. What do we use to measure temperature? Draw a picture.
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Warming Up:
Use your teacher’s description as a guide to answer the
following questions.
What is the definition of TEMPERATURE?
What units are usually used to measure TEMPERATURE?
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TEACHER DIRECTED NOTES
How a liquid-filled thermometer works:
TEACHER DIRECTED NOTES
Listen to your teacher’s description and draw how to read a
thermometer:
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Use the liquid-filled thermometer to measure the
temperature of samples A, B and C.
Record your results below:
EXPERIMENT
Sample A
Sample B
Sample C
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Review Questions
1. Look at the thermometers below and record the correct
temperature.
REVIEW QUESTIONS
Degrees Celsius
What temperature is
this thermometer
reading?
A) 5° Celsius
B) 21° Celsius
C) 0° Celsius
D) 25° Celsius
Degrees Celsius
What temperature is
this thermometer
reading?
A) 0° Celsius
B) 21° Celsius
C) 2° Celsius
D) 6° Celsius
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REVIEW QUESTIONS
2. Which view should you use to read the
thermometer?
Explain your answer: _________________________
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3. Look at the two pictures below. One shows the correct
way to read a thermometer and one shows the wrong way
to read a thermometer. Circle the right answer..
REVIEW QUESTIONS
CORRECT
4.
-
WRONG
What is A pointing to? 5.
CORRECT
-
WRONG
Label the diagram as
either : Top or Bottom
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