Chapter 5, Problem 11Q

(¦ Indicates a review question, which means it requires only a basic understanding of the material to answer. Questions without this designation typically require integrating or extending the concepts presented thus far.)

. A company decides to make a novelty glass thermometer that uses water instead of mercury or alcohol.

(a) The thermometer would include a warning informing the user mat it should not be exposed to temperatures below 0°C Why?
(b) Suppose the thermometer is taken outside where the temperature is 1°C Describe how the level of the water would change as it adjusts to the new temperature and how at some point it would behave very differently than a mercury- or alcohol-filled thermometer.