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प्रश्न
Explain why we wear woolen clothes in winter.
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उत्तर
Woolen clothes have fine pores filled with air. Wool and air both are bad conductors of heat. Therefore in winter, we wear woolen clothes as they check the conduction of heat from the body to the surroundings and thus keeps the body warm.
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