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Contents & notes: what this topic covers
Under Temperature and Its Measurement, the JAMB Physics syllabus expects you to study:
- 12. Temperature and Its Measurement
- (i) concept of temperature
- (ii) thermometric properties
- (iii) calibration of thermometers
- (iv) temperature scales –Celsius and Kelvin.
- (v) types of thermometers
- (vi) conversion from one scale of temperature to
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Study notes & guidance
Study Temperature and Its Measurement using a recommended Physics textbook that follows the JAMB syllabus. Work through the contents listed above one by one, make brief notes in your own words, and then practise as many questions on this topic as you can — in Physics, understanding and steady practice matter far more than memorising. Use the objectives below as a checklist: if you can do each one confidently, you have mastered this topic.
Objectives — candidates should be able to
After studying Temperature and Its Measurement, you should be able to:
- Identify thermometric properties of materials that are used for different thermometers;
- Calibrate thermometers; differentiate between temperature ales e.g. Celsius, Fahrenheit and lvin; pare the types of thermometers; vert from one scale of temperature her.
These objectives are from the official JAMB syllabus. Use them as a checklist — if you can do each one confidently, you have mastered this topic.
Source: official JAMB UTME Physics syllabus (IBASS, jamb.gov.ng). Reproduced for study use. Last checked: 17 Sept 2026. Always confirm the current syllabus on the official portal.
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