Class 6 Science Chapter 7 True/False – Temperature and Its Measurement

Class 6 Science Chapter 7 True/False Statement for “Temperature and Its Measurement” (based on NCERT textbook Curiosity ).

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True/False with Answers for Practice – Chapter 7 – Temperature and Its Measurement

This includes True/False normally asked in school exams, tests, and NCERT exercises.

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SET 1 – True or False – Temperature and Its Measurement

1. The sense of touch always gives the correct idea of hotness or coldness.
   False
2. Temperature is a reliable measure of how hot or cold a body is.
   True
3. A clinical thermometer is used to measure the temperature of boiling water.
   False
4. The normal temperature of a healthy human being is 37°C.
   True
5. Digital thermometers require batteries to work.
   True
6. The unit of temperature in the Kelvin scale is written as °K.
   False
7. A laboratory thermometer usually has a range from –10°C to 110°C.
   True
8. Temperature should be read while the laboratory thermometer is still immersed in water.
   True
9. The Fahrenheit scale is the SI unit of temperature.
   False
10. The red-colored liquid in a laboratory thermometer is often alcohol.
    True

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SET 2 – True or False – Temperature and Its Measurement

1. The temperature of ice and boiling water remains constant during their phase change.
   True
2. A clinical thermometer can be used to measure the temperature of a very hot oven.
   False
3. A thermometer should be held vertically while taking a reading.
   True
4. The normal body temperature of a human is 98.6°F.
   True
5. A laboratory thermometer can measure body temperature accurately.
   False
6. The SI unit of temperature is kelvin.
   True
7. In a clinical thermometer, the bulb should be placed under the tongue or armpit.
   True
8. The liquid column in a thermometer rises when temperature increases.
   True
9. Weather reports show maximum and minimum air temperatures of a day.
   True
10. Mercury is commonly used in digital thermometers.
    False

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SET 3 – True or False – Temperature and Its Measurement

1. Alcohol or mercury expands when heated, making them suitable for thermometers.
   True
2. Digital thermometers show temperature using a heat sensor.
   True
3. Laboratory thermometers can safely measure very high temperatures in furnaces.
   False
4. The reading on a thermometer should be taken by keeping the eye above the liquid level.
   False
5. A person with 40°C body temperature definitely has high fever.
   True
6. A thermometer must not be shaken to reset a digital thermometer.
   True
7. Small children usually have slightly higher body temperature than adults.
   True
8. The Kelvin scale does not use a degree symbol.
   True
9. Temperature changes influence weather conditions.
   True
10. The bulb of a laboratory thermometer must touch the beaker bottom for correct reading.
    False

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SET 4 – True or False – Temperature and Its Measurement

1. 37°C is equal to 98.6°F.
   True
2. Room thermometers measure the body temperature of humans.
   False
3. The Celsius scale is named after Anders Celsius.
   True
4. All healthy humans always have exactly 37°C body temperature.
   False
5. The smallest division in a thermometer shows the least count.
   True
6. Pulse rate was once used to detect fever before thermometers were invented.
   True
7. Digital thermometers need to be washed entirely under water.
   False
8. A thermometer should never be tilted while reading temperature.
   True
9. Air temperature is recorded at weather stations daily.
   True
10. 0 K (zero kelvin) is known as absolute zero.
    True

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SET 5 – True or False – Temperature and Its Measurement

1. A laboratory thermometer can measure temperatures below –10°C.
   False
2. Clinical thermometers were earlier made using mercury.
   True
3. Non-contact infrared thermometers were used during the COVID-19 pandemic.
   True
4. Temperature must be read after removing the laboratory thermometer from water.
   False
5. The red column in a thermometer rises when heated.
   True
6. Weather temperature remains the same for all 10 days.
   False
7. Kelvin is widely used in scientific studies.
   True
8. A thermometer must be broken to dispose of mercury safely.
   False
9. Celsius, Fahrenheit, and Kelvin scales are named after scientists.
   True
10. Digital thermometers are safer because they do not use mercury.
    True

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