Science Test Paper – Grade 6
Chapter 7: Temperature and Its Measurement
Maximum Marks: 30 | Time: 1 Hour
Section A – Multiple Choice Questions (1 mark each × 5 = 5 marks)
1. The SI unit of temperature is:
(a) °C (b) °F (c) K (d) J
2. The normal temperature of a healthy human adult is:
(a) 37 °C (b) 35 °C (c) 32 °C (d) 27 °C
3. Which thermometer was widely used during the COVID-19 pandemic?
(a) Mercury thermometer (b) Laboratory thermometer (c) Infrared thermometer (d) Room
thermometer
4. The range of a laboratory thermometer is usually:
(a) –10 °C to 110 °C (b) 0 °C to 100 °C (c) 32 °C to 45 °C (d) 35 °C to 42 °C
5. The freezing point of water on the Fahrenheit scale is:
(a) 0 °F (b) 32 °F (c) 273 °F (d) 100 °F
Section B – Very Short Answer Questions (2 marks each × 5 = 10 marks)
6. Why is mercury being replaced by digital thermometers?
7. Why should a thermometer be read at eye level?
8. Write two precautions to be taken while using a digital clinical thermometer.
9. Why is a clinical thermometer not suitable for measuring boiling water?
10. What is absolute zero in Celsius and Kelvin?
Section C – Short Answer Questions (3 marks each × 3 = 9 marks)
11. Explain why sense of touch is not a reliable method to determine hotness or coldness of a body.
12. Differentiate between clinical thermometer and laboratory thermometer (any three points).
13. Explain with an example why the temperature of boiling water remains constant even when
heating is continued.
Section D – Long Answer Question (6 marks × 1 = 6 marks)
14. Explain the three scales of temperature – Celsius, Fahrenheit, and Kelvin – with their freezing
and boiling points of water. (Hint: Draw a simple comparison table)
