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प्रश्न
It is difficult to cook vegetables on hills and mountains. Explain the reason.
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उत्तर
This is because at high altitudes atmospheric pressure is low; therefore, boiling point of water decreases and so it does not provide the required heat energy for cooking.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Explain the terms boiling point.
A liquid can change into vapour state at a fixed temperature.
Describe an experiment to demonstrate that water absorbs heat during boiling at a constant temperature.
A certain quantity of water is heated from 20°C to 100°C. Its temperature is recorded after each 1 minute. The observations are:
| Time (in minute) | Temperature (in °C) |
| 0 | 20 |
| 1 | 30 |
| 2 | 40 |
| 3 | 50 |
| 4 | 60 |
| 5 | 70 |
| 6 | 80 |
| 7 | 90 |
| 8 | 100 |
| 9 | 100 |
| 10 | 100 |
| 11 | 100 |
| 12 | 100 |
The boiling point of water is defined as ______.
Which condition out of the following will increase the evaporation of water?
A sample of water under study was found to boil at 102°C at normal temperature and pressure. Is the water pure? Will this water freeze at 0°C? Comment.
The phenomenon of change of a liquid into the gaseous state at any temperature below its boiling point is called ____________.
Alka was making tea in a kettle. Suddenly she felt intense heat from the puff of steam gushing out of the spout of the kettle. She wondered whether the temperature of the steam was higher than that of the water boiling in the kettle. Comment.
A liquid changes into a gas at a constant temperature known as its ______.
