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Class 6 Temperature and its Measurement worksheet
CBSE Science. Clinical and laboratory thermometers, reading scales, Celsius and kelvin, fever logs. Every sheet has 20 questions in three sections and an answer key, and the numbers change every time.
Sample questions
Real questions from this chapter, as the app sets them. Tap Answer to see the answer and working.
Section A · multiple choice
- 1.
Temperature tells us:
- how long something is
- how fast something moves
- how heavy something is
- how hot or cold something is
Answer
(d) how hot or cold something is
- 2.
Which thermometer would you use to measure water boiling on a stove?
- a laboratory thermometer
- a clinical thermometer
- a stopwatch
- a weighing balance
Answer
(a) a laboratory thermometer
- 3.
Using K = °C + 273, 25 °C is about:
- 262 K
- 248 K
- 325 K
- 298 K
Answer
(d) 298 K
25 + 273 = 298
Section B · short answer
- 4.
What is temperature?
Answer
A measure of how hot or cold something is.
- 5.
Which thermometer, "clinical" or "laboratory", would you use for (a) the air in a classroom (b) the body temperature of a sick child?
Answer
(a) laboratory (b) clinical
Section C · long answer
- 6.
Describe an activity with three bowls of water to show that touch is not reliable.
Answer
Take hot, cold and lukewarm water in three bowls. Put one hand in hot and one in cold water for a minute, then both in the lukewarm water. The hand from the hot water feels it cold and the other feels it warm, though it is the same water.
Fresh sheets for your child
In the app, every Temperature and its Measurement sheet is new: the app remembers the questions your child has already had and leaves them out. Print the sheet as a PDF, or use notebook mode and write the answers in a notebook.
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