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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 term vaporization.
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 |
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