Measuring Temperature (Class 6 Science – Chapter 07)

Which is used for measuring our body temperature. It is called a clinical thermometer. Such thermometers show temperatures digitally. These are also known as digital clinical thermometers and run on batteries.

when the thermometer is placed in contact with a person’s body

the clinical thermometers generally use a scale called the Celsius scale. On this scale, the unit of temperature is degree Celsius and is denoted by °C.