Temperature and its Measurement Class 6 MCQ
1. The normal temperature of a healthy human being is close to:
a) 98.6°C
b) 37.0°C ✅
c) 32.0°C
d) 27.0°C
2. 37°C is the same temperature as:
a) 97.4°F
b) 97.6°F
c) 98.4°F
d) 98.6°F ✅
3. The hotness or coldness of a system is determined by its:
a) Heat
b) Temperature ✅
c) Energy
d) Climate
4. The temperature of ice-cold water cannot be measured by a:
a) Laboratory thermometer
b) Digital thermometer
c) Clinical thermometer ✅
d) Room thermometer
5. The unit of temperature is:
a) Kelvin
b) Fahrenheit
c) Celsius ✅
d) Heat
6. The range of a laboratory thermometer is usually:
a) 10°C to 100°C
b) –10°C to 110°C ✅
c) 32°C to 45°C
d) 35°C to 42°C
7. Four students used a laboratory thermometer to measure temperature. Who followed the correct way?
a) Student 1
b) Student 2
c) Student 3
d) Student 4 ✅
8. Which thermometer is used to measure human body temperature?
a) Laboratory thermometer
b) Clinical thermometer ✅
c) Room thermometer
d) Alcohol thermometer
9. Mercury is not used nowadays in thermometers because it is:
a) Heavy
b) Colourless
c) Poisonous ✅
d) Costly
10. Digital thermometers measure temperature using:
a) Mercury
b) Alcohol
c) Heat sensors ✅
d) Water
11. Thermometers that measure temperature without touching are called:
a) Clinical thermometers
b) Laboratory thermometers
c) Infrared thermometers ✅
d) Alcohol thermometers
12. The SI unit of temperature is:
a) Celsius
b) Fahrenheit
c) Kelvin ✅
d) Degree
13. Degree sign (°) is not written with:
a) Celsius
b) Fahrenheit
c) Kelvin ✅
d) Temperature
14. The temperature shown by the thermometer in Fig. 7.10 is:
a) 28.0°C
b) 27.5°C
c) 26.5°C ✅
d) 25.3°C
15. While measuring temperature using a laboratory thermometer, it should be held:
a) Slanting
b) Horizontal
c) Vertical ✅
d) Upside down
16. A laboratory thermometer has 50 divisions between 0°C and 100°C. Each division measures:
a) 1°C
b) 2°C ✅
c) 5°C
d) 10°C
17. Komal says she has a fever of 101 degrees. This is on which scale?
a) Celsius
b) Kelvin
c) Fahrenheit ✅
d) Room
18. Small children usually have __________ body temperature than adults.
a) Lower
b) Same
c) Higher ✅
d) Zero
19. Old people usually have __________ body temperature than young adults.
a) Higher
b) Lower ✅
c) Same
d) Very high
20. Temperature of boiling water remains __________ while boiling.
a) Increasing
b) Decreasing
c) Constant ✅
d) Zero
21. Who is known as the “Weather Woman of India”?
a) Kalpana Chawla
b) Anna Mani ✅
c) Sarojini Naidu
d) Indira Gandhi