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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 drop?

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The molecules in the water spread apart. The molecules in the thermometer's liquid spread apart. When a thermometer was placed in water to measure the water’s temperature. the molecules in the thermometer liquid which is often mercury spreads apart and rises, this shows a temperature increase in the thermometer.

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