Question 17

Paheli kept an empty bottle made of plastic inside a refrigerator. After few hours, when she opened the refrigerator she found the bottle had collapsed. Explain the possible reason.

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The air inside the bottle contracts due to low temperature hence the bottle collapses due to the outside pressure.

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Question 17 Paheli kept an empty bottle made of plastic inside a refrigerator. After few hours, when she opened the refrigerator she found the bottle had collapsed. Explain the possible reason.

The air inside the bottle contracts due to low temperature hence the bottle collapses due to the outside pressure.

Question 17

Paheli kept an empty bottle made of plastic inside a refrigerator. After few hours, when she opened the refrigerator she found the bottle had collapsed. Explain the possible reason.