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Exercise 7

The document discusses several examples of materials and structures that account for expansion and contraction due to temperature changes: 1. Thermometers use mercury that expands when hot and contracts when cold, changing the temperature reading. 2. Bimetallic strips, used in fire alarms, are made of two different metals that expand at different rates, causing the strip to bend automatically. 3. Railway tracks have gaps between rails to prevent buckling on hot days from thermal expansion. Bridges have rollers to allow expansion without damage. 4. Power lines and phone lines are installed to prevent sagging too much on hot days or becoming too tight on cold nights. 5. Pipes carrying hot water or

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Exercise 7

The document discusses several examples of materials and structures that account for expansion and contraction due to temperature changes: 1. Thermometers use mercury that expands when hot and contracts when cold, changing the temperature reading. 2. Bimetallic strips, used in fire alarms, are made of two different metals that expand at different rates, causing the strip to bend automatically. 3. Railway tracks have gaps between rails to prevent buckling on hot days from thermal expansion. Bridges have rollers to allow expansion without damage. 4. Power lines and phone lines are installed to prevent sagging too much on hot days or becoming too tight on cold nights. 5. Pipes carrying hot water or

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Exercise 7.

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1. A mercury thermometer A thermometer is an instrument to measure ________________ The thermometer bulb is filled with mercury. When thermometer is used to measure the temperature of hot object, the mercury in the bulb ___________ and the reading of the thermometer __________. When thermometer is used to measure the temperature of cold object, the mercury in the bulb ___________, and the reading of the thermometer ______________. 2. A bimetallic strip The fire alarm uses a _______________ bimetallic strip strip bimetallic because ___________more as an automatic switch. The strip is made up of a ________ and _______ strip. When the strip is heated, it _________ the copper strip than the _________ strip.

3. Railway track Railway tracks are built with ________ in between the length of the rails so that the rails do not __________ when they ___________ on a _________ day. 4. Steel bridge from ________ day. One the Steel bridge have rollers to prevent them damage when they expand on a end of the bridge is ________ to move over rollers.

5. Power lines and telephone lines Power lines and telephone lines are fixed in such way that they will not sag too much on a _________ day or become too tight on ____________ night. 6. Pipes (hot water) Pipes carrying _______ water or _________ have expansion loops in them. The expansion loops allow the pipes to _____________ without breaking.

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