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Varun went on an educational trip to Gujarat. He made a diary entry of his visit and enlisted a lot of things he saw during his visit. He is making a list of things which require air as an important component for functioning but he is not sure. Help him to make the list of activities where air plays a major role in functioning. The list is as follows:

1)Varun visited a windmill power plant and observed how power is generated.

2)He visited many monuments including Gandhi Ashram.

3)He participated in a kite flying competition.

4)He started reading a new book on "Atmosphere”.

5)He did sky diving where he jumped from a great height and landed on the ground through a parachute.

6) He and his team mates did a camp fire.

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In order to classify the activities, we need to review them one by one.

1)Windmill power plants use giant windmills to produce energy. Windmills are like fans which are rotated by moving air and their rotation is used to produce electricity. So, we see that this activity needs air and should be included in the list.

2)In visiting monuments, air doesn't play any important role. So, this activity should not be in the list.

3)For flying kites, we need moving air called as wind. Without it kites cannot fly. So, this activity will also be enlisted in the list.

4)Reading a book has nothing to do with air. Of course it is based on the atmosphere but practically there is no important usage of air in this activity. So, this should not be on the list.

5)Parachutes slow down the speed of the sky diver as the atmosphere opposes the motion or fall of the diver. Without the atmosphere, there would be nothing to oppose the motion of a diver and the person would hit the ground with great speed and get hurt. So, here also atmosphere plays an important role and this activity should be in the list.

6)Oxygen present in air supports burning and in order to light a fire we need air. So, this activity also should be in the list.


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