1. _______ is used in a clinical thermometer.   Mercury   Alcohol   Water   Hint Half-n-half Clue   2. Each of the two dumbbell-shaped steel indices in the Six's maximum and minimum thermometer is held in position by a _______.   steel spring   magnet   3. An alcohol thermometer is suitable for measuring the temperature of boiling water.   True   False   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. 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   6. The space above the mercury column in a thermometer _______.   is originally vacuum   contains air   contains water   Half-n-half Clue   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