(a) When an incense stick (agarbatti) is lighted in one corner of a room, its fragrance quickly spreads in the entire room. Name the process involved in this.
(b) A girl is cooking some food in the kitchen. The smell of food being cooked soon reaches her brother's room. Explain how the smell could have reached her brother's room.

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(a) Diffusion is the process by which the smell of a lighted incense stick spreads in the entire room.
(b) The smell of food is reaching her brother’s room because the particles of matter are constantly moving from one place to another place, through the process of diffusion.

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(a) Diffusion is the process by which the smell of a lighted incense stick spreads in the entire room. (b) The smell of food is reaching her brother’s room because the particles of matter are constantly moving from one place to another place, through the process of diffusion.

(a) Diffusion is the process by which the smell of a lighted incense stick spreads in the entire room.
(b) The smell of food is reaching her brother’s room because the particles of matter are constantly moving from one place to another place, through the process of diffusion.