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What happens to a laboratory thermometer if it measures more than 110 degrees?
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What happens to the mercury in the thermometer when the air is cool?
In a mercury thermometer, the level of mercury falls as the temperature of the air around it cools.A mercury thermometer has a bulb of mercury at the bottom and a thin tube above it with markings in Celsius degrees or Fahrenheit degrees. When the temperature warms, the mercury expands and rises up the tube. When the temperature cools, the mercury contracts and shrinks back toward the bulb at the bottom.
What happens when a thermometer is left in sunlight?
the temperature rises and the thermometer breaks releasing mercury
What happens to the liquid in a thermometer when it is heated?
it expands
What happens to a liquid in a thermometer when it is heated?
it expands
What happens to the liquid in the thermometer when it is heated?
it expands
What happens when we left thermometer in the fridge?
Nothing will happen, except the thermometer will show the fridge's interior temperature.
What happens to the liquid particles in a thermometer when it is heated?
They expand causing them to move in the only direction available, up the thermometer.
What happens if you place a thermometer in any wavelength of visible spectrum?
Depending on the intensity of the light the thermometer should indicate an increase in temperature.
When heat is taken away from something what happens to the mercury in the thermometer?
It contracts.
What happens to the mercury in the thermometer when the air gets warm?
mercury explodes
What happens to the values as you move up the left side a min thermometer?
They Increase.
What happens when a cold thermometer is kept in a hot tub of water?
the termometre gets warmer
