1. _______ is used in a clinical thermometer.   Mercury   Alcohol   Water   Hint Half-n-half Clue   2. Which of the following properties is not a characteristic of mercury?   It sticks to the sides of a glass tube.   Its freezing point is about −39oC.   Its boiling point is about 357oC.   It is a good conductor of heat.   Half-n-half Clue   3. A mercury thermometer is suitable for measuring temperatures in the Arctic and Antarctic regions.   True   False   4. The thermometric fluid used by Galileo in his thermometer was   Air   Mercury   Alcohol   Half-n-half Clue   5. The extremely fine tube (narrow bore) of a thermometer is called a _______.   capillary   index   scale   Half-n-half Clue   6. An alcohol thermometer is suitable for measuring the temperature of boiling water.   True   False   7. 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   Half-n-half Clue