Traditional clinical thermometers are shaken before taking a reading.
A
False
B
True
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Correct option is A. True The thermometer is shaken before checking the temperature levels so that the mercury comes back to its initial point i.e. where it had been before the temperature was taken, thus the given statement is true.
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