Question

Extended Learning - Activities and Projects
1. Go to a doctor or your nearest health centre. Observe the doctor taking
temperature of patients. Enquire:
(a) why she dips the thermometer in a liquid before use.
(b) why the thermometer is kept under the tongue.
(c) whether the body temperature can be measured by keeping the
thermometer at some place other than the mouth.
whether the temperature of different parts of the body is the same
or different.​

Answer 1

Answer:

(a) to sterlise or clean before anyone use

(b) it prevent cooling of thermometer from our breath

(c) yes,under the armpit . The temperature would differ .