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Ten questions, one verdict per topic

Answer all ten without looking anything up. The result tells you, topic by topic, which lessons you may skip and which you should read.

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Ten questions. The result tells you which lessons you may skip.

1

A thermometer reads the same for two bodies A and B. When A and B are then placed in contact,

2

A mercury column is \(2.0\,\text{cm}\) long in melting ice and \(22.0\,\text{cm}\) long in steam. When it is \(9.0\,\text{cm}\) long, the temperature is

3

The temperature at which the Celsius and Fahrenheit scales give the same reading is

4

The temperature of a room rises by \(10\,°\text{C}\). In kelvin the rise is

5

A faulty thermometer reads \(-1\) in melting ice and \(103\) in steam. It reads correctly at

6

The pressure in a constant-volume gas thermometer is twice its value at the triple point of water. The temperature is

7

A steel rail \(10\,\text{m}\) long (\(\alpha = 1.2 \times 10^{-5}\,\text{K}^{-1}\)) warms by \(40\,\text{K}\). It lengthens by

8

A metal plate with a hole in it is heated evenly. The hole

9

A deep lake is frozen over. The water at the bottom is at about

10

A pendulum clock is correct at \(20\,°\text{C}\). At \(30\,°\text{C}\) it