Question

A student collected the data shown in the table below during an experiment.

Liquid Characteristics
Liquid Characteristics
Boiling Point Freezing Point Color Toxicity
Mercury 357 °C −39 °C shiny silver gray hazardous if tube is broken
Alcohol 78 °C −115 °C colorless relatively non-hazardous
Based on the data, which of the following conclusions can be made about the use of mercury and alcohol thermometers? (5 points)

Group of answer choices

An alcohol thermometer is more appropriate than mercury thermometer to measure the boiling point of a colorless liquid that boils at 100 °C.

A mercury thermometer is more appropriate than alcohol thermometer to measure the boiling point of a colorless liquid that boils at 82 °C.

A mercury thermometer is more appropriate than alcohol thermometer to measure the freezing point of a colorless liquid that freezes at −40 °C.

An alcohol thermometer is more appropriate than mercury thermometer to measure the freezing point of a colorless liquid that freezes at −20 °C.

Answer 1

Any ideas/guesses on what the correct answer may be?

Answer 2

maybe the second? because at 100C the alcohol one would have started to melt