Question

State similarities and differences between the laboratory thermometer and the clinical thermometer.​

Answer 1

State similarities and differences between the laboratory thermometer and the clinical thermometer.

Solution:

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

Answer 2

Answer:Similarities Both thermometers are used to measure temperature and both of them use mercury. Differences Clinical thermometer is used to measure human body temperature whereas laboratory thermometer is used to measure temperature of other object which has higher temperature than human body temperature.

differences Clinical thermometer are used to measure the temperature of body. ...

Clinical thermometer temperature range: 35°C to 42°C. ...

Clinical thermometer is used for measuring human body temperature whereas laboratory thermometer is used for measuring higher than average human body temperature.