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1.	Give reasons for the following observations (a) The smell of lighted incrense stick spreads several metres away. (b) A liquid has a fixed volume but not a fixed shape. (c ) Ice floats over water. (d) A wooden table is called a solid at room temperature.
Answer» SOLUTION :(a) This happens because of DIFFUSION.

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