Question 2

(a) Distinguish between temperature and heat. State the units in which they are measured

(ii) State two physical properties used for measuring temperature.

(b) (i) Describe, with the aid of a diagram, how the upper fixed point is determined for a mecury-in-glass thermometer. State one precaution to ensure accurate results

(ii) State one advantage which a constant-volume gas thermometer has over other thermometers and one reason why it is seldom used as an everyday laboratory instrument.

(c) Using the kinetic theory of matter explain why evaporation causes cooling.

Theory

Question details

Exam body
WAEC
Subject
Physics
Year
1991
Question no.
#2
Type
Theory

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