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Temperature – quiz answers
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Level A
1. The temperature in Britain is usually measured in:
A) °C B) °F
2. Which type of thermometer might a gardener use?
A) Weather B) Clinical C) Room D) Oven
3. Which type of thermometer might a doctor use?
A) Weather B) Clinical C) Room D) Oven
4. A healthy body temperature would be approximately:
A) 27°C B) 37°C C) 47°C D) 57°C
5. A hot day in Britain might be:
A) 0°C B) 28°C C) 100°C D) 32°F
6. What type of thermometer is shown in the picture?
A) Weather B) Clinical C) Room D) Oven
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7. A cold day in Britain might be:
A) 0°C B) 28°C C) 100°C D) 62°F
8. The readings on a room thermometer might be between:
A) 35°C and 40°C B) 40°C and 200°C C) 10°C and 50°C
9. The reading on a clinical thermometer might be between:
A) 35°C and 42°C B) 40°C and 200°C C) 10°C and 50°C
10. The reading on a cooking thermometer might be between:
A) 35°C and 40°C B) 40°C and 200°C C) 10°C and 50°C
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Level B
1. What type of thermometer is shown in the picture?
A) Clinical B) Room C) Sugar D) Oven
2. What is the reading on the thermometer in the picture?
A) 15°C B) 18°C C) 20°C D) 22°C
3. What is each division worth on this thermometer?
A) 1°C B) 2°C C) 5°C D) 10°C
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4. What type of thermometer is shown in the picture?
A) Clinical B) Room C) Sugar D) Oven
5. What is the reading on the thermometer?
A) 36.5°C B) 37°C C) 36.5°F D) 37°F
6. What is each division worth on this thermometer?
A) 1°C B) 2°C C) 0.1°C D) 0.2°C
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7. In the table below, which city has the lowest summer temperature?
A) London B) San Francisco C) Moscow D) Sydney
8. Which city has the highest summer temperature?
A) London B) San Francisco C) Moscow D) Sydney
9. What is the difference between the winter temperature and summer temperature in London?
A) 6°C B) 4°C C) 19°C D) 29°C
10. What is the difference between the winter temperature in London and San Francisco?
A) 6°C B) 4°C C) 19°C D) 29°C
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Level C
1. Which of the following thermometers reads 20°C?
A) A B) B C) C D) D
2. Which of the thermometers reads 19°C?
A) A B) B C) C D) D
3. Which of the thermometers reads 21°C?
A) A B) B C) C D) D
4. Which of the following thermometers reads 23°C?
A) A B) B C) C D) D
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5. What is the reading on this thermometer?
A) 12°C B) 12.5°C C) 13°C D) 13.5°C
6. What is the reading on this clinical thermometer?
A) 37°C B) 37.2°C C) 37.4°C D) 37.5°C
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7. Which of the three clinical thermometers show a normal body temperature?
A) A B) B C) C
8. Phoebe’s temperature was the temperature shown on thermometer A at 8:00am and went up to the temperature shown on thermometer B by 8:00pm.
By how much had her temperature risen?
A) 2°C B) 4°C C) 0.2°C D) 0.4°C
9. The temperature in Linzi’s garden dropped overnight from the temperature shown on thermometer A to the temperature shown on thermometer B.
By how much had the temperature dropped?
A) 0.2°C B) 0.4°C C) 5°C D) 10°C
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10. Office temperatures should not fall below 16°. Which of the following thermometers shows a temperature out of the range?
A) A B) C and D C) Only C D) Only D
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Answers
Level A
1. The temperature in Britain is usually measured in:
The correct answer is: A. The temperature in Britain is usually measured in °C
2. Which type of thermometer might a gardener use?
The correct answer is: A. Weather
3. Which type of thermometer might a doctor use?
The correct answer is: B. Clinical
4. A healthy body temperature would be approximately:
The correct answer is: B. 37°C
5. A hot day in Britain might be:
The correct answer is: B. 28°C
6. What type of thermometer is shown in the picture?
The correct answer is: B. Clinical
7. A cold day in Britain might be:
The correct answer is: A. 0°C
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8. The readings on a room thermometer might be between:
The correct answer is: C. 10°C and 50°C
Normal room temperature is around 21°C – the other answers don’t include this.
9. The reading on a clinical thermometer might be between:
The correct answer is: A. 35°C and 42°C
This is sufficient to cover the range of body temperatures you might get.
10. The reading on a cooking thermometer might be between:
The correct answer is: B. 40°C and 200°C
Most cooking is done at temperatures between 150 and 200°C although ovens often go up to 240°C.
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Level B
1. What type of thermometer is shown in the picture?
The correct answer is: B. Room.
The temperature is not high enough for a clinical thermometer and too low for oven or sugar thermometers.
2. What is the reading on the thermometer in the picture?
The correct answer is: B. 18°C.
Read up from 15 three divisions.
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3. What is each division worth on this thermometer?
The correct answer is: A. 1°C
4. What type of thermometer is shown in the picture?
The correct answer is: A. Clinical.
The temperature is not low enough for a room thermometer and not high enough for a sugar or oven thermometer.
5. What is the reading on the thermometer?
The correct answer is: B. 37°C
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6. What is the reading on this clinical thermometer?
The correct answer is: D. 0.2°C.
Since the labelled divisions are in degrees, and there are 5 unlabelled divisions between degrees, each must be worth 0.2°C.
7. In the table below, which city has the lowest summer temperature?
The correct answer is: C. Moscow
8. Which city has the highest summer temperature?
The correct answer is: D. Sydney
9. What is the difference between the winter temperature and summer temperature in London?
The correct answer is: C. 19°C
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10. What is the difference between the winter temperature in London and San Francisco?
The correct answer is: A. 6°C
Level C
1. Which of the following thermometers reads 20°C?
The correct answer is: A.
2. Which of the thermometers reads 19°C?
The correct answer is: C.
3. Which of the thermometers reads 21°C?
The correct answer is: D.
4. Which of the thermometers reads 23°C?
A reads 20°C, C reads 19°C and D reads 21°C.
5. What is the reading on this thermometer?
The correct answer is: C. 13°C
The reading is half way between 12 and 14°C, so the temperature shown is 13°C.
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6. What is the reading on this clinical thermometer?
The correct answer is: C. 37.4°C
There are 5 steps between 37 and 38°C so each one must represent an increase of 0.2°
The red line goes up two marks above 37° so the temperature is 37.4°C.
7. Which of the three clinical thermometers show a normal body temperature?
The correct answer is: A.
Normal body temperature is 37°C.
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8. Phoebe’s temperature was the temperature shown on thermometer A at 8:00am and went up to the temperature shown on thermometer B by 8:00pm.
By how much had her temperature risen?
The correct answer is: D. 0.4°C.
Thermometer A reads 37.8°C. Thermometer B reads 38.2°C.
9. The temperature in Linzi’s garden dropped overnight from the temperature shown on thermometer A to the temperature shown on thermometer B.
By how much had the temperature dropped?
The correct answer is: C. 5°C.
Thermometer A reads 4°C. Thermometer B reads -1°C.
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10. Office temperatures should not fall below 16°. Which of the following thermometers shows a temperature out of the range?
The correct answer is: D. Only D.
Thermometer A reads 17°C. Thermometer B reads 19°C.
Thermometer C reads 16°C. Thermometer D reads 14°C.
