Question

5) 1. Why we should avoid to keep the thermometer in the sun or near a flame?
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Answer 1

Answer:

Explanation:

The clinical thermometer is designed to measure the temperature of human body only. ... It may break in the sun or near a flame

Answer 2

Explanation:

we cannot use a thermometer to measure the temperature of a stove flame. ... When it is brought near the bulb of the clinical thermometer the mercury inside the thermometer will rise very quickly resulting in the break of the glass of the thermometer and the mercury will come out of the thermometer.