Temperature scales
14.2What the syllabus asks of you
- understand that a physical property that varies with temperature may be used for the measurement of temperature and state examples of such properties, including the density of a liquid, volume of a gas at constant pressure, resistance of a metal, e.m.f. of a thermocouple
- understand that the scale of thermodynamic temperature does not depend on the property of any particular substance
- convert temperatures between kelvin and degrees Celsius and recall that T / K = θ / °C + 273.15
- understand that the lowest possible temperature is zero kelvin on the thermodynamic temperature scale and that this is known as absolute zero
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Chapter 14: Temperature scales
Drill this topic
All 8 questions on Temperature scales, untimed — answer on paper, then mark yourself against the mark scheme.
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Choose the years and how many questions, then print it with the answers on separate pages.
8 questions
These are structured questions, answered in working rather than by picking an option, so they are not listed here one by one. The drill above puts each in front of you with its mark scheme to check against.