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A thermometer is placed in water in order to measure the water’s temperature. What would cause the liquid in the thermometer to rise?

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The answer is B

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When heated, the molecules of the liquid inside the thermometer move faster. The molecules then spread further apart and have nowhere else to go other than up the glass tube.
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