Question

The clinical thermometer is designed to measure the temperature of?
(A) Human Body
(B) Bodies kept in refrigerators
(C) Room temperature
(D) Boiling water

Answer 1

Hint: Temperature can be defined as the measure of hotness or coldness of the body or the system. Heat is a form of energy and it travels from one body to another and temperature is that quantity which determines the direction of the flow of the heat.

Complete step by step answer:
 Heat always moves from a hot body that is which is at higher temperature to a colder body which is at lower temperature. The temperature scales are used to measure temperatures and they are widely used in doctor’s clinics, laboratories and industrial purposes. The Fahrenheit scale is most widely used to measure the temperature of the human body. In science, the Celsius scale is most common; 0 is taken as the ice point of water and 100 the normal boiling point of water. As the name suggests, the clinical thermometer is widely used in Doctor’s clinic and is used for measuring temperature of Humans and animals.

So, the correct option is A.

Note: Also, there are scales called absolute scales and absolute scale is that scale which starts from zero and it moves only in one direction. Thus, in such scales, we cannot measure temperature lower than zero. The most commonly used are Celsius scale and the Kelvin scale. Celsius scale is used in doctor’s clinics and in labs. While the kelvin scale is used while dealing with the problems of thermodynamics.