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Oxygen boils at -183°C. This temperature in Fahrenheit is approximately,

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Important Questions on Thermal Properties of Matter

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Using which of the following instrument, the temperature of the sun can be determined?
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Two thermometers X and Y have ice points marked at 15° and 25° and boil points marked at 75° and 125°, respectively. When thermometer X measures the temperature of a bath at 60° on it, what would the thermometer Y read when it is used to measure the temperature of the same bath?
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The figure below shows four isotropic solids having positive coefficient of thermal expansion. A student predicts that on heating the solid, following things can happen. Mark true T or false F for comments made by the student.

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(i) The angle α in figure 1 will not change.

(ii) The length of line in figure 2 will decrease.

(iii) The radius of inner hole will decrease.

(iv) The distance AB will increase.

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At STP, a rod is hung from a frame as shown in figure leaving a small gap between the rod and floor. The frame and rod system is heated uniformly up to 350 K. Then,

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A steel tape gives correct measurement at 20°C. A piece of wood is being measured with the steel tape at 0°C. The reading is 25 cm on the tape. The real length of the given piece of wood must be,
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The volume of a metal sphere increases by 0.15% when its temperature is raised by 24°C. The coefficient of linear expansion of metal is,
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Suppose there is a hole in a copper plate. On heating the plate, the diameter of hole would,
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If two rods of lengths L and 2L having coefficient of linear expansion α and 2α, respectively, are connected end-on-end, the average coefficient of linear expansion of the composite rod equals,