Question

State similarities and differences between the laboratory thermometer and the clinical thermometer.
Give any 3 points.​

Answer 1

Answer:

SIMILARITIES:

Both are made of glass and consist of long narrow glass tube.

At one end both of them have a bulb.

Bulbs of both the thermometers consist of mercury.

Celsius scale is present in both the thermometer.

DIFFERENCES:

Clinical Thermometer is meant for clinical purposes. It is developed for measuring the human body temperature.

A laboratory thermometer, which is colloquially known as the lab thermometer, is used for measuring temperatures other than the human body temperature.

Answer 2

Answer:

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Similarities:

(i) Both clinical and laboratory thermometers have long, narrow, uniform glass tubes.

(ii) The bulbs of both the thermometers have mercury in them.

Differences:

(i) The temperature range of clinical thermometers is from 35°C to 42°C while that of laboratory thermometer is from −10°C to 110°C.

(ii) Clinical thermometer is used to measure the temperature of a human body. However, laboratory thermometer cannot be used to measure the temperature of a human body.

(iii) The least count of both the thermometers differs.

(iv) Unlike clinical thermometer that can be tilted, laboratory thermometer is kept upright while reading the temperature values.