The lowest temperature is recorded by:

 

 

A) Mercurial Thermometer B) Alcohol thermometer C) Maximum reading thermometer D) Minimum reading thermometer

When the alcohol thermometer is placed in 20∘c water, what temperature will the thermometer record?

A thermometer is taken from a room where the temperature is18^oC to the outdoors, where the temperature is2^oC. After one minute the thermometer reads10^oC.
(a) What will the reading on the thermometer be after 4 moreminutes?

(b) When will the thermometer read 3^oC?
? minutes after it was taken to the outdoors.

The two common liquids used in liquid-in-glass thermometers arealcohol (ethanol) and mercury, which have melting points andboiling points of -114°C, 79°C and -39°C, 357°C,respectively.
Which one of these thermometers would be better for low temperaturemeasurements?
A. alcohol
B. mercury

Which one of these thermometers would be better for hightemperature measurements?
A. alcohol
B. mercury