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Q: Why does a thermometer only go up to 120 degrees?
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What is the lowest temperature that a thermometer can go to?

0 degrees


What does the minimum maximum thermometer measure?

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Why can a mercury thermometer be used only at high temperatures?

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The water has to be 80 degrees to start a hurricane.


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What is normal temp for rat terrier?

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Why does the liquid in thermometer go up the tube when it gets hotter?

Heat causes mercury in the thermometer to expand, where as when it is cooled, it contracts.


How fast does a 1969 Camaro go?

69 camaro can only go 120 mph


What is the range of thermometer?

Traditional thermometers normally cover 0 to 110 degrees Celsius. Electronic ones can go below and above this by a large amount; some custom-designed models can reach absolute zero, while others go into the thousands of degrees.


How does a glass thermometer works?

As the liquid in the thermometer is heated it expands, and the only way the expanding liquid can go is upward. As the liquid in the thermometer cools, it will contract, and the liquid will fall back down into the resevoir, causing the column of liquid to move downward.


Why do you not use clinical thermometer to measure the temperature of boiling water?

Because they don't go that high. Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius. Body temperature is 37 degrees Celsius, so there's no need for a clinical thermometer to cover a range much higher than expected for body temperature; they might need to go up to say 45 tops (and if someone has a body temperature of 45 degrees Celcius, they're either dead or dying).


Can it ever be 100 degrees in depewny?

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