1. 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.   Hint Half-n-half Clue   2. Each of the two dumbbell-shaped steel indices in the Six's maximum and minimum thermometer is reset to its initial position by a _______.   magnet   steel spring   3. In the Six's maximum and minimum thermometer, the index closer to the _______ records the maximum temperature.   partly-filled bulb   completely-filled bulb   4. A mercury thermometer is suitable for measuring temperatures in the Arctic and Antarctic regions.   True   False   5. Thermometers that measure high temperatures are always calibrated using the temperatures of boiling water and melting ice.   True   False   6. A thermometer's mercury column is 14 cm long when the temperature is 100oC and 4 cm long when the temperature is 0oC. The temperature when the mercury column is 11 cm long is _______oC.   70   40   60   30   Half-n-half Clue   7. The space in the bulb partly filled with alcohol in the Six's maximum and minimum thermometer is _______.   originally vacuum   filled with air   filled with water   filled with mercury   Half-n-half Clue