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Question
Explain the following:
It is cool in the shade, when it is hot outside.
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Solution
As earth surface gets heated by sun rays and due to process of convection the air near earth surface open to sunlight get heated while in shade sun rays does not fall on earth surface so air near that surface would not heat up.
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