In the winter season, if we touch two blocks, one of iron and another of wood in the early morning then the block of iron appears to be more cold because _________.

the temperature of the iron block is less than that of the wooden block

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iron is a bad conductor of heat in comparison to wood

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iron is a good conductor of heat in comparison to wood

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the block of iron is heavier than the wooden block

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Solution

The correct option is C iron is a good conductor of heat in comparison to wood
Since iron is a good conductor of heat than wood, so iron conducts more heat than wood. Thus iron block feels to be more cold than wood in winter.

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A marble tile would feel cold as compared to a wooden tile on a winter morning, because the marble tile

(a) Is a better conductor of heat than the wooden tile.

(b) Is polished while wooden tile is not polished.

(d) Is a poor conductor of heat than the wooden tile.

On a winter morning, a marble tile would feel cold as compared to wooden tile because it is a ........aa conductor than the wooden tile.

Give reasons:-

a) a one centimetre cube block of wood weighs lesser than a one centimetre cube block of iron

A block of iron sinks in fluid A but floats in another fluid B, this is because:

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