Question

To check the body temperature, a thermometer is placed in your mouth
below the tongue or in your armpit for 2 - 3 minutes. When the
thermometer is taken out of your mouth, the liquid in the bulb contracts
and the mercury column breaks at the kink. Therefore, the level of
mercury in the stem remains the same.

Please explain the paragraph in simple words.​

Answer 1

Answer:

When the thermometer is touching our body , continuously heat is supplied to it . Therefore it the level of mercury goes higher. When we take it out the supply of heat stops . Hence the level goes down

Answer 2

Answer:

when the thermometer is taken out the liquid tells the temprature of the mouth