Question

Water inside an earthern pot as the water molecules evaporate through pores, heat from/to the surroundings.

• A. cools down
• B. heats up
• C. releasing
• D. absorbing

Answer 1

Answer: (A), (D)

The correct options are
A cools down
D absorbing

The earthen pot has many minute pores. Through these pores the water placed inside the earthern pot oozes out. The water molecules need heat energy to evaporate. These water molecules absorb heat from the surroundings- the liquid within the earthen pot, the earthen pot itself and the atmosphere. Thus, they escape into the atmosphere. Due to this continuous loss of heat from the water stored in the earthen pot, it cools down.