NCERT Book Class 6 Science (Curiosity) Chapter 7 Temperature and its Measurement

Chapter

7 Temperature and
its Measurement

Wrong measurements are worse than
no measurements at all.
— Anna Mani

Lambok and his elder sister
Phiban live in Shillong. One day
they came home from school.
Their parents were away at
work and Lambok complained
that he was feeling feverish.
Phiban touched his forehead
and felt that he might be having
a fever. To confirm this, she
took out the thermometer kept
in the almirah. She washed
its tip with soap and water,
and measured Lambok’s
temperature. To her relief, she
found that his temperature
was normal. She washed the
thermometer tip again, dried

it and put it back. She then asked Can it always be
Lambok to change his school correctly judged, that
uniform, eat his lunch, and rest for
some time.
a person has fever,
only by touching the
person?
?
7.1 Hot or Cold?
We know from experience that some bodies are hotter than
others. For example, during summers, the tap water may be
hotter than the cold water from a matka (earthen pot) or a