Scholars and temperature
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
Equal masses of water at 100 °C and 20 °C are mixed. Approximate temperature in °C?
60
2
Retell the Beruni–Ibn Sina question and answer in your own words in 4–5 sentences.
Sample: Beruni asked why ice floats; Ibn Sina answered with trapped air; Beruni objected, having seen the vessel crack outward.
3
Measure the room temperature in the morning, noon and evening and record it in a table.
Answers differ (for example 20, 23, 21 °C).
4
Why must a thermometer not hang in direct sunlight?
It would show its own, sun-heated temperature rather than the air’s.
5
Why is a mercury thermometer hazardous, and what can replace it?
Mercury is poisonous; alcohol or electronic thermometers can be used.