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Standard VII
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Colour of Clothes
Asbestos shee...
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Asbestos sheets which are ________ used for making the roof of sheds and houses.
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Substances that do not allow heat to pass through them are known as bad conductors or insulators.
For example, wood, plastic, and asbestos are insulators.
Asbestos sheets are used as a construction material because it is good insulators that keep the building warm in winter and cold in summer.
Moreover asbestos also provides fire, noise, and water insulation.
Hence the right answer is Asbestos sheets which are
insulators
used for making the roof of sheds and houses.
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