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We can get the smell of perfume sitting several metre away due to:

A
particles have high density
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particles settle down at ground
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particles diffuse rapidly
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particles are not volatile
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Solution

The correct option is A particles diffuse rapidly
When perfume is released it quickly changes into vapour. The kinetic energy of gas molecules is high & the rate of diffusion is high. Hence we can smell the perfume sitting several metres away.

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