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The liquid inside a thermometer rises and falls due to changes in temperature. When the temperature increases, the liquid expands and moves up the tube, indicating a higher temperature. Conversely, when the temperature decreases, the liquid contracts and moves down, reflecting a lower temperature. This expansion and contraction occur because the liquid, often Mercury or colored alcohol, is sensitive to temperature changes.

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Why does the liquid in the thermometer go up and down when the weather changes?

The liquid in the thermometer expands or contracts based on temperature changes. When the weather is warmer, the liquid expands and rises up the tube, and when it's cooler, the liquid contracts and goes down. This movement indicates the temperature changes on the thermometer scale.


Is thermometer a type of manometer?

Not quite; This is what the first source said about how a thermometer works; This liquid is sometimes colored alcohol but can also be a metallic liquid called mercury. Both mercury and alcohol grow bigger when heated and smaller when cooled. Inside the glass tube of a thermometer, the liquid has no place to go but up when the temperature is hot and down when the temperature is cold. In other words, the thermometer goes up or down due to the expansion of the alcohol or mercury due to the heat. After reviewing the second source, you will see that the columns go up and down due to the atmospheric pressure. If it goes up and down due to atmospheric pressure it is a manometer. A manometer does not work if it is not exposed to the atmosphere. A thermometer is sealed off to the outside. This is another reason why a thermometer is different from a manometer.


What happens when you heat up a liquid particle?

No, heating a liquid makes it's particles move farther apart (makes the liquid expand). This is most readily observed in an old glass thermometer. As your temperature goes up (as you heat the liquid in the thermometer), the liquid inside expands and travels up the thermometer.


How a liquid changes to become a solid?

As temperature goes up density goes down. As volume goes up density goes down. As mass goes up (or increases) density also increases, or in other words, it freezes.


How does heat move from inside earth to earths surface?

well hot goes up and cold goes down

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Why does the height of the liquid of a thermometer increaseswhen the temperature goes up?

Thermal expansion of the fluid inside the thermometer.


What happed to the particles inside of a thermometer when the temperature goes down?

When the temperature goes down, the particles inside a thermometer lose kinetic energy and move slower. This causes them to contract and move closer together, leading to a decrease in volume. This change in volume is what allows the thermometer to measure lower temperatures.


Why does the liquid in the thermometer go up and down when the weather changes?

The liquid in the thermometer expands or contracts based on temperature changes. When the weather is warmer, the liquid expands and rises up the tube, and when it's cooler, the liquid contracts and goes down. This movement indicates the temperature changes on the thermometer scale.


What is a thermometer bore?

A bore refers to the extremely fine or narrow tube found in a thermometer. It is called a narrow bore or a capillary.


How does a liquid thermometer works?

A liquid thermometer works based on the principle of thermal expansion. As the temperature increases, the liquid inside the thermometer expands and rises in the narrow tube, indicating a higher temperature. Conversely, as the temperature decreases, the liquid contracts and falls, showing a lower temperature.


Is thermometer a type of manometer?

Not quite; This is what the first source said about how a thermometer works; This liquid is sometimes colored alcohol but can also be a metallic liquid called mercury. Both mercury and alcohol grow bigger when heated and smaller when cooled. Inside the glass tube of a thermometer, the liquid has no place to go but up when the temperature is hot and down when the temperature is cold. In other words, the thermometer goes up or down due to the expansion of the alcohol or mercury due to the heat. After reviewing the second source, you will see that the columns go up and down due to the atmospheric pressure. If it goes up and down due to atmospheric pressure it is a manometer. A manometer does not work if it is not exposed to the atmosphere. A thermometer is sealed off to the outside. This is another reason why a thermometer is different from a manometer.


How does thermometer liquid?

When temperature goes up the liquid expands. The liquid then takes up more space and you see this as a rise in scale on the thermometer. The same applies vise versa


How does liquid thermometer work?

When temperature goes up the liquid expands. The liquid then takes up more space and you see this as a rise in scale on the thermometer. The same applies vise versa


What happens to the thermometer when the temperature goes up?

When the temperature goes up, the mercury or alcohol inside the thermometer expands, causing the level to rise. This increase in volume is directly correlated with the increase in temperature, allowing the thermometer to indicate the higher temperature.


Why the alcohol level in a thermometer goes down when it's cold?

When the temperature drops, the alcohol in the thermometer contracts and takes up less space. This results in the alcohol level appearing to go down in the thermometer.


What Particles inside of a thermometer temperature goes down?

A very simplified explanation is that at greater temperature, the particles move faster.However, this only applies for one specific substance. When comparing different substances, it would be more accurate to say that (roughly speaking, at least) the temperature is proportional to the average kinetic energy per particle, and per degree of freedom.


Explain how a liquid thermometer measures temperature?

OK basically depending on what thermometer. the glass tube is filled with either alcohol or Mercury. and when it gets hotter, the liquid expands and takes up more space inside the tube. and colder.......the liquid compacts and moves down the tube.....and it's taken years to calabrate the markings on the tube to show the correct reading.