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Question
Explain how, the smell of food being cooked in the kitchen reaches us even from a considerable distance.
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Solution
The smell of food cooked in the kitchen reaches us even from a considerable distance because the tiny particles of the vapour of food mix with the air and move continuously in all directions. This process is called diffusion.
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