Question

Clinical thermometers are always ______.

• A. mercury based
• B. digital
• C. mercury based or digital
• D. bad conductors of heat

Answer 1

The correct option is C mercury based or digital

Clinical thermometers are small medical thermometers used for measuring the temperature of humans as well as animals. Mercury-based clinical thermometers have been considered the most accurate liquid-filled thermometer type. However, mercury is a poisonous metal. Therefore a safer and an accurate alternative option, is to use digital clinical thermometers. Thus, both mercury and digital clinical thermometers are used.