1. The thermometric fluid used by Galileo in his thermometer was   Air   Mercury   Alcohol   Hint Half-n-half Clue   2. 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   3. One of the reasons for using alcohol in thermometers is that it has a bright red color of its own.   True   False   4. 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   5. A high-temperature thermometer is called an barometer.   True   False   6. Mercury does not stick to the sides of the capillary tube of a thermometer.   True   False   7. In the Six's maximum and minimum thermometer, the thermometric liquid is _______.   Alcohol   Mercury