Thermometers
Class 7 Science: heat (measuring temperature)
Use a clinical or a laboratory thermometer to measure your body, a fever, ice water and boiling water. Read the scale.
Words to know
- Temperature
- How hot or cold something is, in degrees Celsius (°C).
- Clinical thermometer
- Measures body temperature, from 35 to 42 °C.
- Laboratory thermometer
- Measures from about −10 to 110 °C.
- Normal body temperature
- About 37 °C.
Quick check
Answer 3 questions to check what you learned.
Try at home
With an adult, use a clinical thermometer to take everyone's temperature at home. Are they all close to 37 °C?