Answer:
A 'kink' in the glass tube which breaks the mercury as it contracts, storing the highest temperature reading. The glass tube is shaped like a lens to magnify the thin mercury thread. Shaking the thermometer resets the mercury back into the bulb.
Answer:
80 J
Explanation:
PE = mgh
PE = (4 kg)(9.8 m/s^2)(2 m)
PE = 78.4 J and with sig figs, it would be 80 J
it would be a chain reaction and a wave