1. After a thermometer has been used to record a patient's temperature, the mercury is prevented from returning to the bulb by the _______.   constriction   capillary tube   steel indices   Hint Half-n-half Clue   2. In the Six's maximum and minimum thermometer, the thermometric liquid is _______.   Alcohol   Mercury   3. Which of the following properties is not a characteristic of alcohol?   It is a good conductor of heat.   Its freezing point is about −112oC.   Its boiling point is about 78oC.   It wets glass.   Half-n-half Clue   4. The temperature range that is typically marked on a clinical thermometer is   35oC to 43oC   −10oC to 109oC   95oC to 109oC   Half-n-half Clue   5. 'Mercury has a high boiling point' is one of the characteristic properties that makes it a good choice for a thermometric liquid.   True   False   6. Liquids that are used in thermometers are known as thermometric liquids.   True   False   7. An alcohol thermometer is suitable for measuring the temperature of boiling water.   True   False