1. The liquid present in the bulbs of the Six's maximum and minimum thermometer is _______.   Alcohol   Mercury   2. 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   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 two dumbbell-shaped steel indices in the Six's maximum and minimum thermometer are pushed by the _______.   Mercury   Alcohol   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 temperature range that is typically marked on a laboratory thermometer is   −10oC to 110oC   35oC to 43oC   10oC to 90oC   Half-n-half Clue   7. In the Six's maximum and minimum thermometer, the thermometric liquid is _______.   Alcohol   Mercury