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1. 1.

   Fill in the blanks.

   1. The part of the thermometer that stores mercury is called ________________.
   2. The heat is radiated from a hot object in all the ________________.
   3. Water and air are ________________ conductors of heat.
   4. The scale in which the temperature is measured in a clinical thermometer is ________________ scale.
   5. Dark-coloured objects absorb ________________ and reflect ________________ amount of heat.
2. 2.

   What is heat?

3. 3.

   What is temperature?

4. 4.

   How is temperature measured?

5. 5.

   Label the different parts of a thermometer in Figure 4.19.

   

6. 6.

   Name three types of heat transfer. Also, explain each one of them.