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Thermometers

Directions for all Anticipation Guides: In the first column, write “A” or “D” indicating your agreement or disagreement with each statement. As you read, compare your opinions with information from the article. In the space under each statement, cite information from the article that supports or refutes your original ideas. Which paragraph do you find the answer

Me / Text / Statement
1. Thermometers measure the heat contained in a substance.
2. During the 1700s there were almost 35 different temperature scales in use.
3. Fahrenheit shared how he determined the reference points for his thermometer with other scientists.
4. The Centigrade and Celsius temperature scales are identical, but Celsius has been the official designation since 1948.
5. Absolute zero has been attained in a few laboratories in Europe.
6. Most thermometers, including alcohol and mercury thermometers as well as Galileo’s thermometer, work according to the principle that substances expand when heated and contract when cooled.
7. Infrared thermometers can only be used to determine the surface temperature of objects.
8. A pop-up timer for a turkey contains the same alloy as a pop-up timer for steak.
9. NASA helped develop a thermometer that can be swallowed, allowing temperature measurements inside the human body.

1.  Why would a person feel cold in the thermosphere?

2.  What was the boiling point of water as measured using the Römer temperature scale?

3.  What temperature did Fahrenheit use for body temperature?

4.  On the initial scale that Celsius set up, what was the freezing point of water?

5.  All bulb thermometers operate on what principle in science?

6.  Why is the infrared thermometer unique?

Type of Thermometer / Materials used / Principle of operation / Where used
Bulb
Bimetallic strip
Infrared
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Galilean
Romer / Fahrenheit / Celsius / Kelvin
Freezing point and how it was determined
Boiling point and how it was determined
Interesting facts about or uses of the temperature scale