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  1. Railway lines are left between the rails. If these for the expansion are not provided then during hot weather, they rails may buckle out, bend and cause derailment of the train leading to destruction and accidents.

    2. Steam pipes carrying steam from boilers are fitted with expansion joints to allow pipes to expand and     contract easily when steam passes through and when it cools down.

    3. Telephone wires they are loosely fixed to allow for contraction and . During cold weather, they and when it is warm they .Telephone or electricity wires appear to be shorter and taut in the morning.
However in hot afternoons, the wires appear longer and slackened.

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Is a railway line one of the application area of thermal expansion in solids

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LIST APPLICATIONS OF EXPANSION AND CONTRACTION IN SOLIDS

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water

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Railway line

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are left between the rails, If these gaps for the are not provided then during hot weather, they rails may buckle out, and cause derailment of the train leading to destruction and .

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In the figure below,what is the function of the gap?

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contraction and expansion

lack of material to build the railway line

government policy

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state the SI unit of Temperature?

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kelvin

joules

kilograms

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The following is common types of thermometer except;

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Liquid-in-glass thermometer.

Clinical thermometer

water thermometer

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A liquid-in-glass thermometer commonly in use is?

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mercury

water

oil

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Temperature of a body is measured by an instrument called

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beam balance

thermometer

pressure gauge

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Temperature of a body is measured by an instrument called?

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a mass

a thermometer

a battery

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