Class 6 Science Fill in the Blanks Chapter 7 – Temperature and Its Measurement

Class 6 Science Chapter 7 Fill in the Blanks for “Temperature and Its Measurement” (based on NCERT textbook Curiosity ).

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Fill in the Blanks with Answers for Practice – Chapter 7 – Temperature and Its Measurement

This includes Fill in the Blanks normally asked in school exams, tests, and NCERT exercises.

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SET 1 – Fill in the Blanks – Temperature and Its Measurement

Answer Options: (laboratory thermometer, Celsius scale, infrared thermometer, kelvin, clinical thermometer)

1. A thermometer used to measure human body temperature is called a ________.
   Answer: clinical thermometer
2. The temperature scale commonly used in science is the ________.
   Answer: Celsius scale
3. The SI unit of temperature is ________.
   Answer: kelvin
4. The thermometer used during COVID-19 to measure temperature from a distance is called ________.
   Answer: infrared thermometer
5. The thermometer used to measure the temperature of liquids in experiments is a ________.
   Answer: laboratory thermometer

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SET 2 – Fill in the Blanks – Temperature and Its Measurement

Answer Options: (98.6 °F, alcohol, −10 °C to 110 °C, temperature, 37.0 °C)

1. The normal temperature of a healthy human being is approximately ________.
   Answer: 37.0 °C
2. The same normal body temperature on the Fahrenheit scale is ________.
   Answer: 98.6 °F
3. The hotness or coldness of a body is determined by its ________.
   Answer: temperature
4. A laboratory thermometer generally has a range from ________.
   Answer: −10 °C to 110 °C
5. The liquid commonly used in laboratory thermometers is ________.
   Answer: alcohol

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SET 3 – Fill in the Blanks – Temperature and Its Measurement

Answer Options: (body temperature, armpit, 1 °C, mercury, range)

1. The difference between the highest and lowest temperature a thermometer can measure is called its ________.
   Answer: range
2. Earlier clinical thermometers contained a toxic metal known as ________.
   Answer: mercury
3. A laboratory thermometer generally has the smallest division equal to ________.
   Answer: 1 °C
4. The temperature measured under the ________ is about 0.5 °C to 1 °C lower than actual body temperature.
   Answer: armpit
5. A clinical thermometer is used for measuring ________.
   Answer: body temperature

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SET 4 – Fill in the Blanks – Temperature and Its Measurement

Answer Options: (boiling water, pulse rate, vertically, heat sensors, weather reports)

1. Digital thermometers measure temperature with the help of ________.
   Answer: heat sensors
2. A laboratory thermometer must always be held ________ while taking a reading.
   Answer: vertically
3. Before thermometers were invented, fever was detected by checking the ________ of a person.
   Answer: pulse rate
4. Maximum and minimum air temperatures are shown in ________.
   Answer: weather reports
5. The temperature of ________ remains constant while it is boiling.
   Answer: boiling water

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SET 5 – Fill in the Blanks – Temperature and Its Measurement

Answer Options: (Kelvin scale, degree Celsius, room thermometer, prediction, observation)

1. Temperature in scientific work is often measured using the ________.
   Answer: Kelvin scale
2. On the Celsius scale, the unit of temperature is ________.
   Answer: degree Celsius
3. A thermometer hung in classrooms or clinics to measure air temperature is called a ________.
   Answer: room thermometer
4. Before performing an activity, we first write what we expect to happen. This is called a ________.
   Answer: prediction
5. After doing an activity, the actual result we get is known as ________.
   Answer: observation

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