10th STUDY MATERI

AL STD I
V SCI
ENCE

CHAPTER–10 MEASUREMENT

TEST YOURSELF

A.Answert
hesequest
ions:

1.
Whati
smeasur
ement
?

Ans.Measur
ementi
sapr
ocesst
ofi
ndoutt
hesi
zeorquant
it
yofsomet
hing.

2.
Whatdoy
oumeanbyuni
t?

Ans.Measurementcanal
sobedefinedast
hecompari
sonofanunknownquant
it
ywi
tha
fi
xedquant
it
yofthesamekind.Theknownfi
xedquant
it
yiscal
l
edunit
.

3.
Wri
tet
henamesofsomephy
sical
quant
it
ieswhi
chweneedt
omeasur
e.

Ans.Thel
engt
h,br
eadt
h,v
olume,
temper
atur
e,t
ime,
etc.ar
esomephy
sical
quant
it
ies
whichwe

needt
omeasur
e.

4.
Whatar
etheuni
tsf
ormeasur
ingl
engt
h?

Ans.
Theuni
tsf
ormeasur
ingl
engt
har
emi
l
li
met
re,
cent
imet
re,
met
reandki
l
omet
re.

5.Whi
chi
nst
rumenti
susedt
omeasur
emass?

Ans.Abeam bal
ancei
susedt
omeasur
emass.Nowaday
sgr
ocer
’sbal
anceandel
ect
roni
c
bal
anceis

al
sousedt
owei
ght
hings.
Aphy
sical
bal
ancei
susedi
nlabor
ator
yandbygol
dsmi
ths.

6.Whati
sthest
andar
duni
toft
ime?

Ans.
Thest
andar
duni
toft
imei
ssecond(
s).

7.Nametheinst
rumentusedtomeasur
ethet
emper
atur
eofourbody
.Whati
sthenor
mal
temper
atur
eofhumanbody ?

Ans.Acli
nical
ther
mometeri
susedtomeasur
ethet
emper
atur
eofourbody
.Thenor
mal
temper
atureofhumanbodyi
s98.4°
For37°C.

8.
Whati
smeantbycapaci
ty?Howi
sitmeasur
ed?

Ans.Capaci
tyofacont
aineri
stheamountofl
i
qui
ditcanhol
d.I
tismeasur
edusi
ng
measuri
ngglassormeasuri
ngcyl
inder
.

B.Ti
ckt
hecor
rectanswer
:

1.
Standar
duni
tofl
engt
his:
a)met
re (
b)ki
l
ogr
am (
c)l
i
tre (
d)Cel
sius

Ans.met
re

2.
Nor
mal
temper
atur
eofhumanbodyi
s:

(
a)37°
F (
b)98.
4°F (
c)98.
4°C (
d)100°
C

Ans.98.
4°F

3.
Ther
momet
eri
susedt
omeasur
e:

(
a)capaci
ty (
b)mass (
c)t
emper
atur
e (
d)speed

Ans.t
emper
atur
e

4.
Theamountofmat
teranobj
ectcont
ainsi
scal
l
edi
ts

(
a)capaci
ty (
b)mass (
c)wei
ght (
d)l
engt
h

Ans.mass

C.
Fil
li
nthebl
ankswi
tht
hecor
rectwor
ds:

1.
Lar
gerl
engt
hsar
emeasur
edi
nki
l
omet
re.(
mil
l
imet
re/ki
l
omet
re)

2.
Measur
ingt
apei
susedt
omeasur
elengt
h.(
lengt
h/mass)

3.Ki
l
ogr
am i
sthest
andar
duni
tofmass.
(Ki
l
ogr
am/cubi
t)

4.
Ther
momet
eri
susedt
omeasur
etemper
atur
e.(Ther
momet
er/measur
ingt
ape)

5.
Standar
duni
tofcapaci
tyi
sli
tr
e.(met
re/
li
tr
e)

D.
Wri
tet
rueorf
alse:

1.
Handspani
stheuni
tofl
engt
h. f
alse

2.
Measur
ingt
apei
susedt
omeasur
ewei
ght
. f
alse

3.
Standar
duni
tofmassi
sgr
am f
alse

4.
Degr
eeCel
sius(
°C)i
sauni
toft
emper
atur
e t
rue

E.Mat
cht
hef
oll
owi
ng:

1.
Capaci
ty (
e)Li
tr
e

2.Lengt
h (
a)Met
res

3.
Mass (
c)Ki
l
ogr
am

4.Ti
me (
d)Second
5.Temper
atur
e(b)
Fahr
enhei
t

F.Lookatt
hepi
ctur
eandanswert
hef
oll
owi
ngquest
ions:

1.
Namet
hedev
iceshowni
nthepi
ctur
e.

Ans.
Thenameoft
hedev
iceshowni
nthepi
ctur
eiscl
i
nical
ther
momet
er.

2.Whi
chphy
sical
quant
it
yismeasur
edwi
thi
t?

Ans.Thephy
sical
quant
it
ymeasur
edwi
thi
tist
emper
atur
e.

3.Whatar
est
andar
duni
tsoft
hephy
sical
quant
it
ymeasur
edbyusi
ngt
hisdev
ice?

Ans.Thest
andar
duni
tsoft
hephy
sical
quant
it
ymeasur
edbyusi
ngt
hisdev
icear
eDegr
ee
Cel
sius(
°C)

anddegr
eeFahr
enhei
t(°
F).

G.
Thi
nkandanswer
:

1.Whydoweneedst
andar
duni
tsf
ormeasur
ingt
hings?

Ans.I
noldendays,thehandspan,thefootst
ep,thecubitandthear
mlengthwer
eusedto
measurel
ength.Theseconventi
onal measur
ement sar
enotreli
abl
ebecauset
heyvar
yfr
om
per
sontoperson.Henceweneedst andar
dunit
sf ormeasuri
ngthi
ngs.

2.
Whyar
elar
gerdi
stancesmeasur
edi
nki
l
omet
res?

Ans.Onethousandmetr
esisequalt
ooneki
lometreandbecauseofi
tscumul
ati
veandl
ong
nat
urethekil
ometreuni
tisusedt
omeasur
elargerdi
stances.

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