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What will cause an inaccurate readings when using a tympanic thermometer?
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What risks are associated with thermometer?
Breakage of a glass thermometer creates a risk of cuts from broken glass and possible mercury poisoning. Improper operation of a tympanic thermometer can cause injury to the middle ear.old or broken thermometers may give inaccurate results.
A thermometer is placed in water in order to measure the water temperature. What would cause the liquid in the thermometer to drop?
Water Temperaure cools
What does the 'thermo' in thermometer mean?
"Thermo" refers to anything related to heat, either the things that cause heat or the measuring of heat. A thermometer essentially measures the amount of heat in a space or body.
What is an example of thermal expansion that you have observed in your daily life?
an example would be a thermometer. A thermometer because it has mercury in it. When you check a patients temperature with a thermometer ,the heat from the patients body will cause the expansion of the mercury and the mercury flows in the tube. It stops at a point and that point indicates the temperature in the patients body.
What are the advantages of a liquid in glass thermometer?
When the glass thermometer is in contact with a warmer object, conduction will cause the galss bulb to warm. This will cause the liquid inside the bulb to warm and, as a result, to expand. Since this liquid has nowhere else to go, it will expand into the capillary at the end of the bulb. The capillary is placed next to a graduate scale which is calibrated to give the temperature.
What risks are associated with thermometer?
Breakage of a glass thermometer creates a risk of cuts from broken glass and possible mercury poisoning. Improper operation of a tympanic thermometer can cause injury to the middle ear.old or broken thermometers may give inaccurate results.
What would cause my outside temp display on my 2001 Buick Century Limited Climate control drop to -38 degrees when it's 60 degrees outside?
If the sensor is blocked or has mud on it, the readings will be inaccurate, and give completely false readings.
Why is it best to take temperature readings in the shade?
A thermometer is not kept in direct sunlight because the temperature needed to be recorded by the thermometer is of the air and not the rays of the sun.
Why is it important to keep the balance area clean?
It is important because dust particles have a small mass and if they get onto the balance they can cause an error in the mass of the object being measured. Furthermore, if a liquid is was spilled near to a balance or on a balance and it is left there, it can cause the balance to rust and give inaccurate readings.
What can cause EIA to give inaccurate results?
Pregnancy and hemophilia are two main reasons that these tests are inaccurate.
What can cause different intensity readings?
Different intensities.
Why would the alcohol thermometer need to be contained in a shelter?
If the thermometer had direct sunlught on it, it would give a false reading because it would be directly heated by the sun's energy in the rays. The idea of temperature measurement is to measure the temperarure of the immediate medium in which the thermometer is placed. The shelter provides this environment. For accurate internationally acceptable readings the shelter has to conform to specific dimensions and design criteria, as well as a certain height above the ground. Direct sunlight could also cause the thermometer to burst, depending on the maximum temperature scale on the instrument.
Is the fluid in a Galileo Thermometer likely to cause an allergic reaction?
No
What cause the wet bulb thermometer to read lower than the dry bulb thermometer?
because the water causes the temperature to be lower
A thermometer is placed in water in order to measure the water temperature. What would cause the liquid in the thermometer to drop?
Water Temperaure cools
What causes mercury in a thermometer to separate?
The cause is an udesired absorption of air.
What do ozone readings tell you about a location?
Ozone readings of a location tell you about the CFC gases released at that place. Because CFC gases cause depletion of the ozone layer.
