Physics 0625 · IGCSE · Thermal properties and temperature

Thermal properties and temperature — practice question

The diagram illustrates a liquid-in-glass thermometer. A student wants to verify the position of the upper fixed point on this thermometer. What ought she to do?

  • APut the bulb in a beaker of boiling sea water.
  • BPut the bulb in a beaker of boiling pure water.
  • CPut the bulb in a beaker of ice and salt.
  • DPut the bulb in a beaker of pure melting ice.

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