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Assertion :Water kept in an earthen pot becomes cooler during summers. Reason: Evaporates taking latent heat and removal of latent heat results on cooling. Earthen pots have small pores through which the water seeps and as evaporation leads to cooling of the substance.

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Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion
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Both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion
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Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect
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Both Assertion and Reason are incorrect
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The correct option is A Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion
Earthen pot become cool in summer because, during summer evaporation increase so it evaporates taking latent heat and removal of latent heat results on cooling, this phenomenon is called evaporation. Earthen pots have small pores through which the water seeps and evaporation leads to cooling of the substance.

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